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Thukral & Tagra
Description
- Thukral & Tagra
- Stop Think Go
- Signed, dated and inscribed 'THUKRAL & TAGRA/ MEDIUM: ACRYLIC, OIL & CANVAS/ DATED: DEC 06/ SIZE: (6 X 6) + (6 X 4) FEET/ TITLE: ' on reverse
Acrylic and oil on canvas- Diptych 183 by 183 cm. (72 by 72 in.) and 183 by 121.3 cm. (72 by 48 in.)
Exhibited
Literature
Thukral and Tagra, "Put it On" Bose Pacia, New York, 27 April - 23 June 2007, pp.44-45 illustrated.
Enrico Navarra, Made by Indians, 2006, pp.606-607.
The Alluring Snare of Deceptive Scenographies, Nature Morte, New Delhi, pp.35, 37, 45.
Condition
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Catalogue Note
'Stop Think Go' was part of T&T's first exhibition in New York that addressed the problem of HIV and AIDS in India. 'They conceived a series of works... around the act of condom use, bringing humour to the process of demystification. The centrepiece of the show were large-scale paintings that illustrated couples of all genders sleeping amid T&T signature devices' ('Put it On', Bose Pacia, 2007, p.29).
'Advertising is one of the most powerful mechanisms of communication to a broad audience; as such it has long been a source of inspiration for artists. Even as Thukral and Tagra use contemporary viral marketing tools, social conscious branding and super graphics, their paintings appear almost anachronistic. I am not talking here about their subject matter which is very much drawn from contemporary lifestyle advertising - sculpted attractive young bodies, lying in various states of repose in figure flattering underwear. These bodies are lying on and under attractive patterned bed linens that suggest a social location of consumer desire while optically acitvating and abstracting the picture surface.' (ibid. p.41).