Dystopian Visions

Sewon Rai

Kolkata, India

My subjects here are based on dystopian visions of the world, wars and scenes of annihilation. The current sociopolitical scenarios compel me to question the system in which we live. The unbalanced power of politicians and the bureaucrats, within and between countries, create wars and trauma, and the innocent people become the victims.

These issues and preoccupations make way into my works. Though they are loaded with bigger issues that encompass my identity as a global being, I am not only trying to address the socio-political anomalies around my everyday life, but to strongly mobilise my artistry to identify stories of injustice as a continuum of historical facts of wars and walls.

Sadness, suffering, and anguish, which are the quintessential bearing of our society, be it local or global, compel me to create my work.