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Vinod Daroz

South Indian temples form the inspiration for this Baroda-based sculptor. “I am myself from South India and have always felt attracted to the temples by their colours and carvings,” says this Hyderabad-born artist. A total of eight works comprising four wall-mounted pieces and four ceramic jars make up this 35-year-old’s collection. The pieces feature gopurams, temple murals and garba griha. Prices begin at Rs 25,000. “The ‘Temple’ series is not just about the possibilities of the form, but also about the expression of peace experienced through the form. The influence comes from the temples of south India. But it is not a realistic representation of temples. It has nothing to do with religion. It has to do with faith; with the meditative energy associated with ‘God’,” Daroz adds.

Yugal Kishore Sharma

Painter Yugal Kishore Sharma will be showcasing four paintings, which revolve around the Blue God. Temple drawings and mythology inspire this Udaipur-based painter, who counts Jogen Chowdhury among his favourites. “I have done Gita paintings before,” he says. This year, his four pieces are inspired by Deepavali celebrations that take place in a temple at Nathwada. The watercolours done in Rajasthan miniature style have gold leaf work. Prices start at Rs 70,000.

Pramod Kumar

This Baroda-based painter has drawn inspiration for his Stylefile series of two paintings from cars. “I have depicted cars as human beings and horses,” says Kumar, for whom this is going to be his first Stylefile experience. His medium is acrylic and prices start at Rs 60,000.

Suvaprasanna

The Calcutta-based painter will be displaying one of his works at Stylefile this year, titled Illusion. “I have depicted a flower as an expressive flower. It is a flower which is filled with the desire to unite,” says the painter. The painting is priced at Rs 5 lakh. “Stylefile gives so many young designers a platform to showcase their work all under one roof which is great,” adds the painter.

Shipra Bhattacharya

The veteran painter will be displaying just one canvas this year. Her painting titled He, an acrylic and oil on canvas, is a reflection of the ordinary man and his ordinary life. It depicts his thought process. “The painting has a lot of symbols that is about the social order that we live in,” says the Calcutta-based painter.

Vineet Kacker

The New Delhi-based sculptor is bringing six wall plates and one pillar-like structure . “Most of my work draws from a spiritual search,” says the 43-year-old artist. “I like my work to walk a path between the meditative and the playful, responding both to the sacred and the profane, and exploring their inter-changeability. While outwardly the work may refer to the spiritual, the material is approached with a contemporary city-based sensibility, re-contextualising and re-mixing ancient icons and symbols with urban street kitsch. I also look at techniques used in contemporary music… I see myself sampling old texts, icons and imagery into new visual works that are accessible without being populist, and symbolic without being derivative,” says Kacker. Prices start at Rs 30,000 onwards.

Prafull Singh

The Mumbai-based sculptor is showing three of his works at Stylefile. They are cast in bronze, his signature medium.

“My works are based on the experience of our day-to-day lives. I am inclined towards exploring the role of meditation, spiritual power and peace of mind in urban life. This is what I try to trace through my work. Sometimes, I experience the power of Krishna,” says Singh, who will be showing at Stylefile for the first time.

Sunil Padwal

Sunil Padwal will be showing six works at this year’s Stylefile, all 1x1 miniatures. Urban angst is what fuels this Mumbai-based painter’s imagination. “All the six works have my signature protagonist. I have depicted him without mouth and eyes. In a way, a part of my self resides in this character. A lot of things happen everyday. But I have never spoken out,” says Padwal. The acrylic-on-canvas works are priced around Rs 1 lakh.

Jignasha Ojha

The Baroda-based painter will be putting up two of her works. “I am inspired by Indian miniature. I combine popular images and Indian miniature, the sort that we get to see in a movie, which is the best example of fusion where the present as well as past come and create drama. I have used the background of the old Indian traditional miniature style, in which I have used mostly the pattern of Benarasi saris. I have tried to depict a conversation between the past and the present,” says Ojha, for whomthis is the first trip to town for Stylefile. Prices start at Rs 120,000.