Metaphors of the Real

If a certain notion of contemporaneity be the yardstick, then the visual configurations from Ramu Das would fit in seamlessly with critical expectations by virtue of their linguistic possibilities. Ramu's pictorial expressions add up to a neatly complete presentation - wit, humour, sarcasm, pun and allegory - all rolled into a single package, and it is this that characterizes the basic structure of Ramu Das's pictorial statements. What becomes gradually evident as one looks on at these images, is the fact that these images are potentially multi-layered…