LITERATURE:
The canvases invite attention to robust human forms articulated with philosophical sensitivity. The artist has formulated a language which is recognizably his own, yet allows him flexibility to accommodate a range of stimuli. What are these stimuli? B.O. Shailesh is stimulated by the ancient yogic tradition, the existentialism of angst and the tension of material globalization, the mimicry in art from tradition to mass production, including Nature, which he recreates through his distinct imagery, addressing the problem of painterly representation afresh in an epoch where visuality is dictated by the electronic media.
                                                                         - Ashrafi S. Bhagat



IN THE PRESS: The Hindu, Tue., September 13th 2005.