KRISHEN KHANNA: Paintings from my sitting room

“Painting from my sitting room, I am surrounded by all my friends; Husain, Gaitonde, Raza, Tyeb, Padamsee..... their paintings are all around me and have become a part of me“. I feel that they are all still with me and that is a happy thought.”

“The sitting room is hardly a sitting room per se; my wife Renu reads a lot so has all her books around. It is part library and part studio with furniture that has to be moved from time to time. It is a completely new experience moving away from my usual studio in the basement. I have to look for paints on the ground which are all mixed up and improvise but it’s all a part of the game in the end.”

 “In this current atmosphere, one can become very depressed, but fortunately for me there are the Bandwallas who are still making noise. When I’m painting them, I have to concentrate fully on them. The Bandwallas take prime position in my life right now.”