Lot 86: - Bari Kumar

Signed 'Bari Kumar' lower left Oil on canvas

35.5 by 28 cm. (14 by 11 in.)

OTHER PROPERTIES
Kumar grew up in Andhra Pradesh and moved to Los Angeles to study Graphic Design where he stayed on. His work is a fusion of eastern and western iconography, taking elements from the European masters, Indian billboards and the graffiti and Mexican mural paintings found in the Latino quarters of LA. The absence of the head or limbs is a device he often uses to question the perception of the subject's identity, 'I obscure images because for me identity is not just about physical appearance. So I begin to break up the figures and think about identity. When you really open yourself up, you find more contradictions.' (ART INDIA Vol.XI, issue IV, p.95.)