Seed of kalinga
by Prasad KV
2025
Ballpoint pen and watercolor on archival paper
14.3 × 10.6 in
₹30,000
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The aftermath of urbanization, like sewage, froth, foam, and chemicals- ostensibly catastrophic signs as the unanticipated byproducts of progress. They proliferate like the multi-headed serpent, inflating and devouring the cityscape. I endeavor to employ metaphors, such as the image of termite hills overtaken by serpents, the dry lands with the vicious serpent invoking a sense of toxi-city. This narrative evolves into parched expanses resembling drainage, personifying ecological issues and corruption through the gigantic black serpent figure, recollecting the figure of Kalinga (Kaliya).
