Abstract
An attempt to analyze the oeuvre of Indian-Portuguese artist Francis Newton Souza is made in this paper, adopting postcolonial theory, especially the concept of ‘hybridity’. Souza creates his special imagery, existing on the border of Indian and European cultures. Re-writing works by well-known European artists, reconsidering compositions by Titian, Picasso as well as some of his contemporaries (Francis Bacon), Souza implicates new traits, designed to discover figure of the Other. Dark color palette, monstrous forms and faces, aggressive sensuality – all these characterize those works by Souza, emerged from the clash of Indian culture and European, on Indian culture, at the same, time reminds repeatedly emerging in Souza’s oeuvre feminine images, referring to images of apsaras, Indian celestial musicians, or yakshinis, ancient nature spirits of forests.
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