Bari Kumar

Lot 18: Descent

Name: Descent
Brand: Christie's
SKU: ew74bxcko6

Est: $30,000 USD - $40,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USMarch 20, 2008

Item Overview

Description

BARI KUMAR (b. 1966)
Descent
signed 'Bari Kumar' (lower left)
oil on canvas--diptych
60 x 72 in. (152.5 x 182 cm.)
Painted in 2007

Artist or Maker

Bari Kumar

Exhibited

New York, Bose Pacia Gallery, Acceptance of Denial , 2007

Notes

Fascinated by the ambiguity of popular images with multiple reference points, Kumar appropriates them to create a narrative with several layers of meanings and interpretations. A Mexican image of Christ juxtaposed with a popular image of a snake from Kalighat patta painting is fused seamlessly by the artist in this work. The snake or snake-like pattern is used by Kumar in several of his paintings to inject opposing meanings, the sacred and profane, revered and repulsed.

Auction Details

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art

Christie's

March 20, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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