FARHAD HUSSAIN A moment stolen from the happy neighbour, a scene from the satisfied family from across

the road, Farhads canvases give the viewers an opportunity to be a voyeur . Stylistic intensification of the excitement of seen or imagined subject matter flows onto a momentous stop at the canvas. The much hidden questions about the culture and its agonistic influence of the pretentious happy family face the onl ooker forcing him to question the ever so smiling couples on the canvas. Art expression of Farhads reality through the process of the comic starts with the imitation of the experienced or imagined. This translates into the ephemeral sec ond of happiness and with the neon colours, the satire starts. As the protagonis t takes the stage, the surreally perfect surroundings, the actions and dynamics between the characters starts narrating a parallel story. The un-seen, the un-ob served, the covered aspects of human nature in the cultural context are added th rough an unreal perfection in the action of the actors. Finally it goes on to ev ocation of a thought about the dark inaccessible part of human personality throw ing the mind into a dream-like state where the acceptance of the voyeur in all o f us in not the negative but the normal. The ego is fed by the satisfaction of b eing normal and the alter ego by the knowledge of the dynamics beneath the smile s.