PABHA

My wife bought a board game Monopoly as present for my son. Last night they played the game. I was surprised to see that there were a new electronic Banker Unit and Bank Cards that replaced the traditional money in the game. Players did not need to handle paper money at all, all amount of transactions were performed by the electronic Banker Unit with the Bank Cards, no counting was needed.

The game Monopoly reminded me of a series of Game Board paintings that I began painted in 1994. In that series of paintings, I started with simple gameboard design at the beginning. Then, I painted Snake and Ladders. Later, I also included words in my paintings and started the Wisdom Series. Finally I worked out painting of gameboards with personal meanings.

Checker Board. 1994. Acrylic on canvas, 97 x 97 cm.
Chessboard: Missing Square. 1994. Acrylic on canvas, 102 x 102 cm.
Wisdom: There is no fire.... 1996. Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 122 cm.
Wisdom: We are what.... 1996. Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 122 cm.
True Master. 1996. Acrylic on canvas, 62 x 62 cm.
Game of Satipatthana. 1997. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120 cm.
Game Board. 1998. Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm.
Snakes and Ladders (Endless Game). 1999. Acrylic on canvas. 61 x 46 cm.