1980-1989
Suraj Ghai‘s works of this period are an eclectic mix of portraits, landscapes and satirical drawings. Life-study, portraits of his family members and friends, and art as commentary on social conditions such as Complacent Mask, and Woman as Cow take Ghai’s concerns from the personal and individual to man as a social and political being. Drawings of this period are remarkable for their lyrical lines and trenchant wit.
The Bleeding Wing (1980), 5.25 x 5.25″, Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board
Life Study (1980), 18 x 12″, Oil on Canvas
Landscape (1981), 14.6 x 9.6″, Oil on Canvas
Study of a Torso, Self (1981), 11 x 14″, Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board
Self Portrait (1981), 10 x 8″, Oil on Canvas Mounted on Ply
Connaught Place on a Very Hot Summer Day (1981), 36 x 27″, Oil on Canvas
Portrait of P. K. Razdan (1981), 8.3 x 11.7″, Pastel on Paper
Landscape in Fog – Variation 1 (1983), 18 x 27″, Oil on Canvas
Chinu, My Nephew (1984), 11.75 x 13″, Oil on Canvas
Landscape at Noori Chhamb (1986), 12.3 x 12.3″, Oil on Canvas
Portrait of My Mother (Unfinished) (1988), 17.5 x 17.5″, Oil on Canvas
Owl in the Sea (1989), 16 x 13.5″, Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board
Landscape, Winter Morning in Delhi (1989), 18 x 18″, Oil on Canvas
Complacent Mask / Scars over Death of Innocent (1989), 26.9 x 26.9″, Oil on Canvas
Suraj Ghai 