I Touch a Face and Suddenly it Murders Me

Colours have never been a dominant highlight of Amitava’s works and have never played a role that would traditionally be ascribed to them. The artist is known for keeping his colour vocabulary ambiguous, perhaps, to lead the viewer deeper into the narrative without jumping to conclusions on the basis of colour. In that sense, this work is an exception. Here, the hand of the protagonist plays the central role but it’s the limbs and face of the uncanny individual—perhaps, the murderer lurking around—that get highlighted through neon pink and red against a dark background.