Nitin Utge?›ƒ?ªƒ?›s paintings, at the first glace itself, induce a kind of retinal response, which is subliminal; sublime aesthetic, as the theory goes, has an unintended effect on its receiver; his paintings are sort of striking amalgamation of traditional and modern paradigms that extract auto-response, without immediate reasoning or analysis. In simple terms, tender graceful forms, charm of vivid colors, conceptual innocence, and folkish qualities in his recent body of paintings, delight the eye and call for unconditional admiration. On a closer assessment, these paintings, though beautiful with characters looking happy, evoke the poignancy associated with the portrayal of sad reality that we all witness on a daily basis in urban and rural India, i.e. child labour.–Rajendra December ?›ƒ?ªƒ??08 Mumbai