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Matthew Krishanu’s depictions of childhood attest to how painterly freedom can be captured in both subject matter and form. The artist’s recent paintings feature the banyan tree, revered across cultures, and especially in South Asia, as a locus of spiritual significance and enlightenment. Beneath drooping leaves, the massive trunk sends out aerial and adventitious roots that can spread indefinitely. Rendering this ancient and mystical vegetation in large-scale paintings such as Banyan, Two Boys; Banyan (Boy, Blue); and Banyan (Woman, Red Sari), all from 2025, Krishanu remains faithful to its ethereal beauty and gargantuan size, scaling the human figures far smaller than the mahogany trunks and branches. Using acrylic and oil paint, Krishanu varies the weight of his brushstrokes, forming thick, dark outlines that frame and anchor the tree, lending it tangible weight and presence against a pale blue sky.
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Matthew Krishanu’s depictions of childhood attest to how painterly freedom can be captured in both subject matter and form. The artist’s recent paintings feature the banyan tree, revered across cultures, and especially in South Asia, as a locus of spiritual significance and enlightenment. Beneath drooping leaves, the massive trunk sends out aerial and adventitious roots that can spread indefinitely. Rendering this ancient and mystical vegetation in large-scale paintings such as Banyan, Two Boys; Banyan (Boy, Blue); and Banyan (Woman, Red Sari), all from 2025, Krishanu remains faithful to its ethereal beauty and gargantuan size, scaling the human figures far smaller than the mahogany trunks and branches. Using acrylic and oil paint, Krishanu varies the weight of his brushstrokes, forming thick, dark outlines that frame and anchor the tree, lending it tangible weight and presence against a pale blue sky.
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