The epic has thus captured the contemporary urban imagination ever since it was rediscovered by modern-day hermeneutics. The most recent re-teller is Subhaprasanna, whose series, The Mystique of the Epic, was seen at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity recently. It etches characters with unsparing psychological insights to dissect, clinically, the inexorable pitfalls of human passions. Subhaprasanna chooses the first option, not surprising for a visual artist. However, unlike the latter, his figuration is stylized, and scales are a matter of the artist’s personal view rather than visual logic.

Source: The Telegraph May 29, 2020 18:11 UTC