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A very talented illustrator , graphic designer and self-confessed purple grape eater named Shilo Shiv Suleman wrote to me sometime ago introducing me to her (also) very talented mother , Nilofer Suleman's work. Nilofer started off as a cartographer and tried on a whole lot of different hats on the way to becoming a professional artist(Lithographer, botanical illustrator & potter if you please). Shilo says her mum draws inspiration from the 'ammas',band-baaja- wallahs, astrologers, chai shops, the jhadoos, old hindi movies, truck art, temples and everything in between. To them it isn't 'exotica', it's merely the chai toast they grew up on.
Each painting (usually 5x 5 ft) tells a story ,anticipates an outcome and becomes and archetype.
Each character has a fixed personality but the plot is never static. There are twists and turns. There is love , lust and dilemmas to overcome. Check out more of Nilofer's work at her website .
Each character has a fixed personality but the plot is never static. There are twists and turns. There is love , lust and dilemmas to overcome. Check out more of Nilofer's work at her website .
These adorable illustrations belong to the younger Suleman. Shilo's blog is unlike anything else I've seen before. Take a look & you'll see what I mean. A complete mish mash of everything from free verse to the most sincere scribblings of voyages taken to far away places , to cute little DIY-esque animation shorts.
The Sulemans live and work in Bangalore.
The Sulemans live and work in Bangalore.
amazing work both mother and daughter.
ReplyDeletesuppperrr! love love your work.
ReplyDeleteThat is the most amazing thing, the Shilo blog, I mean.
ReplyDeleteWowie zowie wowie. Fantastic.
MD (onparkstreet)
Nilofer's work really reminds me of Edward Burra's! Both of them are really talented!
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ReplyDeleteInteresting observation. Never would have seen it to be quite honest!
an indian kitsch artist whose influences include burra... ;)...probably...
ReplyDeletehello :)
ReplyDeleteI did see the Burra connection too at some point while painting these.
Maybe its because the characters seem to be "ironed on" straight off the streets onto the canvas.
(that was Nilofer) :)
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ReplyDeletei love the way krishna is done...!!
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