Mashiul Chowdhruy

I am constantly inspired, perplexed, curious, amused, and awed by the elements and stories of things most of us see and ignore every day. The activities of human life leave traces on various surfaces- sometimes intentionally, sometimes inadvertently- but rarely does anyone realize that such markings contain within them an abstract language that can be rich and compelling. By simply walking on sidewalks, if you turn your attention to walls, there are posters, writings, and markings that are torn away, washed away, and leave layers of images that are difficult to ignore. These are accidental compositions, by lots of different people, by lots of different intentions. These are honest visual languages, democratic, and not a simple narrative, not a linear narrative. These are messy artifacts of past and present cooperation, manipulation, and competition. Over time it creates the largest canvas in our urban life, this is a hidden canvas.