Indrapramit Roy

Lot 67: Indrapramit Roy (b. 1964)

Name: Indrapramit Roy (b. 1964)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: e8dcb60009

Est: £5,000 GBP - £7,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 10, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Indrapramit Roy (b. 1964)
Deep Dusk II
signed and dated 'indrapramit '07' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
40 x 60 in. (101.6 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 2008

Artist or Maker

Indrapramit Roy

Notes

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
At the literal level the motif is the urban setting, more like the no-mans land of the suburban sprawl or the anonymous orifices on a high rise building. I like to play with the traditional painting format - that of a window or an opening in the wall to look in and look out.

The observed spaces often provide the springboard to the theater where the main actors are the props and the living beings are either yet to enter or have already left the stage. The all gleaming effect underscores an uneasy calm. In every scenario we are alone. Perhaps something is waiting to happen. The intimacy of our well lit but bleak world, full of inviting comforts but nowhere to truly belong.
(In conversation with the artist, April 2009)

Auction Details

South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art

Christie's

June 10, 2009, 02:00 PM GMT

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK

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