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I conceived this portrait whilst attending an artist-in-residence program in Mumbai (Nov 2014 - Jan 15) and finished it back in my London studio in 2017.
Under the name “Made in India” I developed a series of paintings inspired by this frenetic and visually charged Indian metropolis. I focused my work on exploring some of the most marginalised areas of Mumbai, vast slums where my interaction with people soon became an experience I wanted to describe with portraits.
Through the use of life-sized characters my intention is to confront the viewer directly, with a face to face dialogue, beyond words. Rather than depicting the usual portrayal of the poor and highlight misery, I chose to enrich my characters and present them with dignity and mesmerizing human attributes, which so often we lack in western ‘developed’ cultures.
David Agenjo (b. Madrid, 1977) is a painter who lives and works in London. In the context of contemporary figurative painting, he is best known for his compelling colour palette where personal colour arrangements and interpretations take his subjects beyond realism. Throughout his career he has evolved his practice from an intimate exploration of the human form, to a broader contextualisation of figures and, most recently, to still life paintings.
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