About my Present Work
By Shajee Chelad

My paintings depict my dreams, desires,  politics,  agony, thought, and feelings as I strongly believe that Art is the expression of an individual’s emotions. I give importance to the realisation of my thoughts, rather than a realistic portrayal of events in the society.  I consider my paintings as  a  voice  against  the  cruelties of man towards mankind and environment.  The deep colours deliberately represent a personal revolt against the atrocities committed on humanity.  I paint in different  mediums,  often  trying  to bring a new perspective to the place and society I live in. In my  current  work  (in the exhibition)  I have dealt with the issue of degradation of cultivable soil brought by  human  exploitation  of  land for surplus wealth. In the long run to keep pace with the needs  of  human  civilization the  soil  has worn out into mere dust. The roots of living plants and organisms that penetrate it has no more got the strength to find nourishments. In the process our entire  culture  withers  into  a  state  of barbarianism.  I  think  through this work about a distant possibility  of a  deep  search  for  the  fault  line s in  our culture, civilization and history that has adversely resulted in the degradation of our mother earth.