Brouillard or "fog" in French is novel in the beauty it ascribes to this phenomenon. The sense of gloom often associated with the notion of a "fog" is surprisingly absent in this work. Instead, Raza invests the mist with a dazzling clarity. Multi-hued and shining, it rises towards the viewer imbued with mystical promise.
The painting is a stunning textured rendition of contrasting colors; white versus black,...
Brouillard or "fog" in French is novel in the beauty it ascribes to this phenomenon. The sense of gloom often associated with the notion of a "fog" is surprisingly absent in this work. Instead, Raza invests the mist with a dazzling clarity. Multi-hued and shining, it rises towards the viewer imbued with mystical promise.
The painting is a stunning textured rendition of contrasting colors; white versus black, green versus red. It is a dazzling juxtaposition of light and dark, with all the latter`s symbolic connotations of the opposing forces of reality. "Raza`s concerns began, and continued, as an exploration of nature in its wider dimensions. He was never concerned with the anecdotal, or for that matter with the temporality of human life. He was already beginning to be engrossed elsewhere - on the magnitude of life in its universal implications." (p. 51, Geeti Sen, Bindu: Space and Time in Raza`s Vision, Media Transasia Ltd, 1997)