The Sadhus
The desire to paint Sadhous came to me from my childhood memories, When I was little, I grew up in a village where two or three days per week, Sadhous came to ask for alms…Some times they sang religious songs.
I saw my grandmother give them some money or food. To me , they are emblematic Bangladeshi characters where I grew up.
During my trip to India last year I was asked about their philosophy, their reflection in life.
Yellow colors and orange from their suits have me also wonder, in per suit of personal questions, I decided to make some research in order to learn more.
The yellow color represents knowledge and learning so wisdom and intellect through ages. It symbolizes the happiness, peace, meditation, competence and mental
development.
Yellow is full of creative energies, intellectual and spiritual. There are also birds who are represented, they are symbols of the Sadhus’s freedom.
Lalon’s song reflect well the philosophy of the Sadhous since in this one, he talks about humanism which would stand above all the rest. Lalon believed that determined people lived among others and the achievement of oneself would find them. Many of his songs refer to the human mind, he thought that the witty man has no religion, caste, sex or belief.
Lalon considers the human soul like a mysterious entity, unknown and untouchable. In the Achin Pakhi song “ inside the cage”, he compares the inner being mind to a bird that can easily come and go in the cage-like body but still in captivity.
Daily life
As I was able to express previously, I am inspired by scenes of daily life in order to be able to raise questions of society with a certain humour.
You can find in my paintings symbolic representations such as the frog (fertility), the snake (hypocrisy) or the owl (wisdom), you can also find the mixture of cultures, nationalities and religions.
The rubbish bins
It was June 15 2018, I saw all the trash cans burn where I live. Some moments later, I passed close to one.
I found this very interesting, I was even able to find one certificate of the CAF and another of employment center. After a reflexion, this event brought up an idea and this is how I came up with The garbage cans series.
For me, a trash can speaks and gives us details, information about the people around us, a trash can is like a portrait. I chose all kind of bins from my neighborhood of Grand-Mare, a neighborhood near Rouen, in Normandy.
Afterwards, I did some research on the Internet and I found the origin of the word trash can. It came from the prefect “ Eugène Poubelle”, so this is how in
November 24, 1883, the name «Trash Can» was coined.
