Indrapramit Roy

Lot 68: Indrapramit Roy (b. 1964)

Name: Indrapramit Roy (b. 1964)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 8d3b220a23

Est: £5,000 GBP - £7,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 10, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Indrapramit Roy (b. 1964)
Rear Window
signed and dated 'indrapramit '07' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 2007

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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