Masquerade6 Silences and Sentences in chrome and monochrome, with frame 102x54 inch, Tempera on Canvas Board
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At the Borderlines of mirages Masquerade5 with frame 40x86 inch, Tempera on Canvas Board
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Masquerade1 Saving Graces with frame 40x42inch, Tempera on Canvas Board
Masquerade8 , Veering moods and conversations,with frame 12 x 23 inches, Tempera on Canvas Board
Masquerade7 Perfected poses, Prominence and Obscurity with frame 52x43 inch, Tempera on Canvas Board
Masquerade5 At the Borderline of Mirages,with frame 40x86 inch, Tempera on Canvas Board
Masquerade4 Ephemeral Enchantment and Existential realities 28x13inches, Tempera on Canvas Board
Masquerade3 Sensationalism and Sensitivity with frame 50x39inch, Tempera on Canvas Board
Masquerade2 In the throes of a lost glory with frame 49x41 inch, Tempera on Canvas Board

Masquerade – an endless drama

In Masquerade, Avijit Dutta reflects on the world as an endless theatrical stage where identities are performed and truth often dissolves into projection. Driven by desire, ambition, love, and power, individuals become characters navigating the fragile space between authenticity and expectation.

The works explores the tension between creative freedom and imposed narratives, sincerity and performance, reality and illusion. As societal pressures shape expression, art too becomes part of this masquerade—no longer just observing the drama, but participating in it.

Presented by Kalakriti Art Gallery at the India Art Fair 2023, the series positions the artist himself as a character within the unfolding play, where the canvas becomes a stage for this quiet, endless drama.