Youth Brigade

Young contemporary artists who inspite of varying degree of challenges have successfully created a niche for themselves in the world of art and have become role models

- Benoy Sebastian

Akshita’s art depicts life in abundance, adding colour and vibrancy. Akshita shares, “My work is not just a visual treat, it engages with my audience by penetrating their intellect and tugging at their souls. I work on a concept, write a poem and then begin creating artwork that visually supports my theme. These concepts are based on social, historical, mythological and literary concepts from Shakespeare and Tolstoy to tongue twisters and nursery rhymes; from tales of Cleopatra and Don Quixote to social issues like refugees’ suffering and human trafficking. My artwork aspires to capture the fickle nature of fantasies, whims and reveries, we so often deem as reality.” Akshita photographs slums, quaint lanes, and architecture of different cities, these are then printed on canvas. Different media like Chinese ink, acrylic paint, and markers are used to develop the photographs further. The photographs represent structure, our everyday lives, the mundane we live in. The bright colours, strokes and intricate designs that are added over the photographs represent the viewer’s achieved, repressed, conquered, yearning for or maybe even fulfilled dreams.