As his latest show, 3 WORLDS, opens in Mumbai,
OWAIS HUSAIN talks about his INSPIRATIONS

“The thought that man is like a powerless animal forever in search of his own reflection that he only finds in another or others, is the point of departure for most of these works. Man cannot find his reflection in a tree or a car or a building. So he seeks others of his own kind. Sometimes he chases a shadow, mistaking it for his reflection, or sometimes it’s just an emotion that enters and exits his being. What all this searching results in is his sense of the distance between him and the other, or his sanity and insanity, or, even, the distances within himself. When I begin to paint, the mind’s eye is closed and I become the sponge that squeezes out all these reflections, it has absorbed. I am a painter and an accidental film-maker who dreams of making music while aspiring to be a poet. My continent has many rooms. And I roll through my days and nights between each room, speaking their different languages, only to express my thoughts in as many ways possible.”