Famous
painter Paul Gauguin had said, “Art
requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would
become of beauty?”
Talking of portraying philosophy through art one is reminded of the words of Pablo Picasso, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls”
This dust of ignorance/materialism is often discussed in Bhagavadgita. In chapter III verse 38 in Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna says,
dhumenavriyate vahnir
yathadarso malena ca
yatholbenavrto garbhas
tatha tenedam avrtam
(As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, similarly, the living entity is covered by different degrees of this desires)