galerie 88 - Art Chennai
galerie 88 - Art Chennai
galerie 88 - Art Chennai
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ZAKKIR HUSSAIN – Untitled, Mix media on paper, 96 x 36 inches.<br />
ART GALLERY | OPEN EYED DREAMS<br />
ZAKKIR HUSSAIN<br />
(b. 1970)<br />
Born 1970 in Kerala Zakkir Hussain passed his Bachelor’s Degree in painting from the College of Fine<br />
<strong>Art</strong>s in Trivandrum and Master’s Degree in graphics from the MSU at Vadodara. He taught for a while at<br />
the <strong>Art</strong> College in the city before turning full time to his art practice. The artist’s sensitive portrayal of<br />
contemporary urban milieu with juxtaposition of banal and somewhat unrelated imagery gives his work<br />
a different meaning and its special appeal. His detailed drawings and paintings adorn a touch of fantasy<br />
and fun with subtle undercurrents of uncaring society, politics of religion and resulting violence. His<br />
hybrid figuration in partly human and partly animal creations presents an interesting interface between<br />
the binaries of animate versus inanimate and personal versus public in the narratives as enacted in fine<br />
palette and meticulously executed canvases or paper works. Zakkir’s work has been shown in several<br />
solo and group shows in leading galleries in different part of the world including Kochi, Bangalore, Mumbai,<br />
Delhi and New York. Zakkir lives in Kochi and works from his studio in the city.<br />
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