Artwork Description

People of ancient India were well aquatinted with the real meaning of Shingar and it was the important element of love and beauty. It is ultimate Rasa and sublime emotion. Shingar is not decoration, it dwells in smile, appearance, gesture and attire. In Shingar the connoisseur is simply a visual delight. Madan in his painting the perfect Shingar which seems a spiritual experience in his visual. Beauty of the damsel follows all the ideals of Indian beauty. It is not just the love theme but a flash of divine romance which has no connection to mundane world. The coyness on the face of women cannot click till one reach to that level as it is the ocean of love. Her body is in rapturous ecstasy and dived in to water of desire. She is shown looking in to the mirror after Shingar but her heart reached to the divine figure who appeared in the mirror. Madan is the only artist who is able to show the power of intuition and imagination. Really surprising to see how the artist wove such delicate emotions and connections. Madan’s inner eye is very sharp which is the center of kundalini and difficult to awake but he did it through meditation. Look at the navel of the damsel which is deep on the slight belly. It is love gods snared the line going down from there only a rope to tie up the mind.In few words artist expresses that it was the time of flowering and the damsel flowering. He painted lotus flower in the background and the same grows into the image of the women. Trees and creeps in the background are blooming in love. His kohl on the space called out from mango leaves. Ducks too were frolicking among waves. Pigeons are also there as messengers. Sun light is dominating on the surface as the sun arise like the flame of passion. The God of love tries to hide in the shade of the ample breast which shows that the artist is well versed in the poetry of Kalidas. Damsels body looks cool but deep inside desires flame lead high which the artist shows through the tones of colors. This painting is like a piece of poetry altered into art. The image of young person contains indolence eyes who stands at the back of the damsel is the reflection of the same person to whom she saw in the mirror. She speaks’’ I saw him, my love his body was a blue cloud.’’ This work is true expression of beauty when soul says ‘’ He is without a beginning, has no shape, no end and never has been born on this earth, to relieve her suffering.” Fishes are conveying the content of the painting. They can not live without the ocean [nectar].