Rina Banerjee, "Ugly boy. I saw him-he was thick in parts and sort of too short, with skin, light in color, yellowish tone, but spotted like dirty mushrooms, he snored at school and growled upon waking and his nose always ran, his brows were scraggly, he had a beard that never really grew, he had a head of hair both thick, short and curly long and limp, his hair was often oily and so dirty-so, so nasty, he was disgusting!," 2014 (detail), acrylic & ink on watercolor paper, 30 x 22 inches
Rina Banerjee makes paintings that seem escaped from her dreams and nightmares; they scramble onto the surface with frantic recklessness. Fearsome sculptures, engineered of steel and found materials reeking decadence, reach out from walls or dance alone. Their expressionless baby-doll heads and pincered clutches repel and attract with equal intensity.
