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| Art behind bars: When Delhi’s Tihar Jail inmates wield the brush |
| By hindustantimes.com- Manoj Sharma |
| Published: 09/18/2017 |
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Rendered in fiery colours, it is quite a meditative painting: the figure of a man behind the bars up to the eyes, the bars ending where his forehead begins. The head is shown as a rising wave of colourful cloud that transcends the prison walls. “One can imprison a body, but not mind. This is the idea behind my painting,” says Mohammed Ayub, 28, his face reflective as he explains his work. Another painting by him shows a young couple having a candlelight dinner. “The man in the painting is me; I always wanted to have a candlelight dinner with my wife. But just when I was about to get married, my life fell apart.” Ayub is an inmate at Delhi’s Tihar jail and faces murder charges. For him and many other inmates like him, art is a way to come to terms with confinement, and an opportunity to get a better insight into their lives and relationships. Ayub does not want to talk about the murder charge he is facing. He points out that he became an artist in prison – and now wants to remain one all his life. The gallery where his work is on display is inside Tihar School of Art, situated within the high barbed walls of jail number four. Read More. |
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