Artist: Geeta Yerra
Work: Original Oil Painting, One of a Kind
Medium: WN artists' oil paints on stretched linen canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Surrealistic, Contemporary Concept art 
Size: 89 X 143 X 3 cm
 
The 60th International Art Exhibition, titled Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere, will be curated by Adriano Pedrosa and organised by La Biennale di Venezia.

The expression Stranieri Ovunque - explains Adriano Pedrosa - has several meanings. First of all, that wherever you go and wherever you are you will always encounter foreigners— they/we are everywhere. Secondly, that no matter where you find yourself, you are always truly, and deep down inside, a foreigner.

I am trying to do a series of paintings based on this thought.

This is a reminiscence from the 1990s, from someplace in the Himalayan foothills. "There's going to be a kiss," someone exclaimed as we were seated in the bus! After that, we turned to see a white couple having a conversation. The air was charged with the expectation that something spectacular would occur at this very moment.

Indian conservative society is quite private when it comes to publicly showing love to a spouse or partner. For those who aren't impacted by TV or the internet at all in those days, this is a scenario not to be missed!

The woman had come to see the man, who was possibly an engineer assigned to a dam project. So she was leaving returning to her country. Their attention is focused on each other, and the rest of us all eyes gazing at them. Himalayas is a place always thronged by traveling foreigners, so the locals knew what was about to happen before they both part!

I have started this series from my own land - India. I hope to share in this series my experiences from around the world.