A set of photographs of a journal written by my grandfather who was a member of the Indian National Congress. Passionately involved in the Indian independence movement and according to family lore, a friend of Gandhi, Nehru and Aung San (Suu Kyi's father), his house in Rangoon - where he practiced medicine - was a refuge for freedom fighters and others wanted by the British police in India. This journal dates from the end of his life in Kerala, and contains reflections on the continuing struggle for Indian independence, interspersed with personal reflections on his family, on his failing health and straitened financial condition, as well as a number of observations on medicine and poetry.
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Oracle (The Anamorphic Stain)
Oracle (The Anamorphic Stain)
42" * 28", June 2011
Ilford Fibre Silk print
from Abecedaire (2010 - 2012)
Selected images from a set of works titled 'Abecedaire' (which is French for a child's language primer). A work on Language, Subjectivity and Play.
Some pictures of the display : http://www.flickr.com/photos/monksatya/sets/72157632497929336/
The prints are 16" * 24" each, Ilford Fibre Silk Paper.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Three Works from 2010
These montages were constructed from photographs shot over a few years on black and white film (usually Ilford or Tri-X) using a very old Nikon FM-2. The negatives were scanned and output as inkjet prints. They are part of an (unfinished) set called "Drift". The first two works are called 'Drift', the last one is called 'Pastoral'.
Two Works from 2010
Two works inspired by the Dutch Still Life tradition. The attempt seems to be to make some kind of comment about time, sex, politics and death. Everything (including the cat) was set up in the studio and shot.
'Shards', 28" * 42"
Archival print on Ilford Fibre Silk, June 2010
'Delta of Venus', 28" * 42"
Archival print on Ilford Fibre Silk, July 2010
The Translator (2009)
One of a series of portraits of 'ordinary' people with not-so-ordinary histories. These invisible histories are indicated in the misc-en-scene as well as in the details. The classical format (in terms of composition and lighting) is to emphasize the fact that in the history of portraiture it is usually the powerful who have had the privilege of being represented.
'The Translator (Portrait of Kardam Bhatt), 28" * 42"
Ilford Fibre Silk print, November 2009
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