Artist Ananya Banerjee certainly doesn't believe in The Ends. Her latest body of work that goes on display at the Museum Art Gallery from today bears testimony to the fact. The artist tells CS about what the show means to her:

Art for a start
There are 26 works on display, that are largely oil on canvas paintings and a play of metal and wood with gold and silver gildings.

I'm someone who likes to ponder, and that's how I struck upon the core theme of my exhibition The end is essentially not the end. It's just the beginning.

I don't think anything stops or ends, it just metamorphoses into something else. For instance, I might see a crack somewhere, and a sapling rising from it. I find beauty in mundane objects.

Change over
The vibrant paintings have spiritual undertones as I have always been interested in human forms and faces and once again, they find a place in my work.

I have always been drawn to Buddha and that trend continues even in this exhibition. I concede that it's almost fashionable for artists to paint Buddha, but I don't think of the commercial angle when I'm painting. I guess Buddha stands for peace, and so we artists are can't resist immortalising him on canvas.

But otherwise, this show is different from my previous ones. In fact, when I look at some of my old paintings, I wonder whether they were actually done by me. All said and done, I am not the same person that I used to be. After all, nothing is constant and that's exactly what I'm rejoicing in, in this series.