Unlimited

细节

Chintan Upadhyay (B. 1972)
Unlimited
signed and dated 'Chintan 2003' (on the reverse); signed and titled 'CHINTAN UPADHYAY UNLIMITIED' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
47½ x 35½in. (120.7 x 90.1)
Painted in 2003

来源

Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2003.

展览

Mumbai, Jehangir Art Gallery, New Breed Hybrid, 2003.

注意事项

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拍品专文

Chintan Upadhyay melds Indian miniature techniques and iconography from his birthplace in Rajasthan with contemporary computer programming tools including Photoshop and Poser. Fascinated by the relationships created in juxtaposing disparate objects, Upadhyay explores the dualities of today's world recently embarking on a series of work which examines cloning and mass consumerism. In this work, entitled Unlimited, the artist depicts an androgynous standing figure coated with imagery from Rajasthani miniature paintings. Upadhyay's stylistic tendencies are as digital as they are painterly and he expertly uses them in this painting, ironically replacing the predictable human anatomical structure with a futuristic and ambiguous one. Explaining the use of traditional Indian imagery as a "second skin" of sorts, Upadhyay states "I remove the narrative context of the miniature and it becomes a skin or body suit. I rip elements of the miniature out of the original and create a mould. So originality, which is lost, is also being questioned. "Playing with media, Upadhyay mixes disparate cultures and styles similar to the way a DJ fuses songs. "I'm trying to create a new way of understanding new media positions…But it is short-sighted to see video and installation art as contemporary and to see painting as an older form." (Ananya Sen, "Clones might take god's place", DNA India, Jan 13, 2006). www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1007338