"ASOKA - two sides of the coin"
Passion may envelope a prince in unconditional love, but hate makes the cruelty of a king to know no bounds
Asoka, riding his white horse and brandishing his sword, narrates a story of love and war, a story of loyalty and betrayal…
But above all … Asoka retraces the long journey of a man to salvation… a journey on a path to redemption littered with blood and ravaged souls
Then cruelty becomes Devotion… and the man creates History!
Artist : Xeny Art
Writer : Mira Khan
Behind the scenes:
This is the first work that I did for my project - ” 50 characters of Shah Rukh Khan”
Fist character is Asoka. This artwork is very special for me, as it is my favorite character. That’s why the approach is more spiritual, philosophical and surreal. I wanted to show in my work 2 sides of the Emperor. His pure, generous and innocent side, the side of a man, who was in love and in sorrow. And his dark side, the side of a man, who burned his heart with cruelty. On the picture I tried to show that the real Asoka is pure and spiritual, but at the same time he wears a mantle of his cruel side, like a mask, like clothes he puts this cruelty on himself, till that moment when he saw what he’ve done. All the horror of war. Then took off the mantle to be a free man.
I hope I reached my goal and you’ll feel the same seeing this artwork.
Thank you,
Xeny
PS: Thank you so much to my dear friend Mira Khan for writing a wonderful prose And thank you to my other friend Chris for helping with english.