Bhavana, or “emotion,” often recalls cultivated positivity, yet Nakaratmak Bhavana (negative feelings) marks the shadowed states we avoid. AbhiLobha explores greed and gluttony through a fusion of Newar iconography and Roman Christian symbolism.
The frog and pig evoke the seven deadly sins, while Nakula, Kubera’s jewel-vomiting mongoose, is rendered ruptured, its offerings consumed by an insatiable form. The ouroboros becomes a cycle of unending desire, flanked by Jwalanhyakha and Sinhamu, figures of abundance.
The work confronts excess as both personal experience and universal condition.
Abhijeet Prajapati works with pen & ink,acrylic, and oil to explore themes rooted incultural and tantric traditions. His practicereflects the interplay of Purush and Prakriti, Devi Shakti, mythical symbolism, and traditionalpatterns, viewing art as a means to understand thedivine and the deeper nature of human existence.
