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The first thing you notice about Hem Raj’s paintings titled “Metamorphosing. To Devotion’ is their sheer size. Added to the mammoth look, the paintings are mounted on some exquisite hand-crafted (by the artist himself) wooden frames interspersed with rusty iron and brass patches and chains as are found on some ancient doors. “The frame is the gateway to the sanctum – sanctorum of the divine,” he says. The paintings are devotional, like the bhakti ras ...