拍品 59
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SURENDRAN NAIR | Et In Ayodhya Ego ...if not, the Stygian Oath of Abjuration

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  • Surendran Nair
  • Et In Ayodhya Ego ...if not, the Stygian Oath of Abjuration
  • Signed, dated, titled and inscribed 'ET IN AYODHYA EGO ...IF NOT..., THE STYGIAN OATH OF 'ABJURATION' - 2004-5 (Revised & Re-painted 2005) / Chapter : THE BADBEHAVIOUR OF SINGULARITIES ( CUCKOONEBULOPOLIS ) / Silk screen & Oil on Canvas (241.5 X 120 cms) / Surendran / ERRATA: [indistinct] / Text acknowledgement: / Based on ARISTOPHANES BIRTH / The actual text : ([indistinct] R. H. WEBB) / ( PESTHETAERUS: ...... No claims that the lark, the original bird, preceded the earth in her coming. Her father had / sickened and died, and his corpse... she could find  / no place to inter it. Quite desperate - five whole / days had elapsed and she couldn't afford to / defer it - she buried him deep in her own pretty / head, by a truly unique operation / EUELPIDES : The grave of the lark is in Headbury, eh ? / Decidedly pleasant location! )
  • Oil and silkscreen on canvas
  • 248.9 x 119.4 cm. (98 x 47 in.)
  • Executed between 2004-2005

來源

Saffronart, 6-7 September 2006, lot 18

展覽

Mumbai, Sakshi Gallery, The Bad Behaviour of Singularities, 2006

出版

G. Sinha, Voices of Change: 20 Indian Artists, The Marg Foundation, Mumbai, 2010, illustration p. 57

Condition

Fly spots, very minor staining, light craquelure and minute losses are visible throughout. Light mould is present, particularly in areas of darker paint and this work would benefit from a clean. Small spots of paint are noted to the right of the figure's head but these are potentially inherent. There are three adhesive patches on the upper edge of the reverse. The work is in good overall condition, as viewed. Please note this work has not been inspected under UV light.
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拍品資料及來源

Surendran Nair amalgamates imagery from both contemporary and traditional sources to create large scale paintings full of pathos and humour. An encyclopedic litany of sources from literature, cinema, architecture, art and mythology all pervade his works. When speaking about his works, Nair has noted, “Art history, notions of tradition and identity and its relationship with modernity, of language, sexuality, politics, religious and other faiths etc. Without emphasising any of these in particular, I address these issues simultaneously. Sometimes rendered sentimentally, literally, cryptically or otherwise metaphorically oblique, they are both detached and reflective and at times often with a mischievous gaze, making innocent jokes, and at other times being ironical and quizzical too.” (S. Nair, http://visualarts.qld.gov.au/apt3/artists/artist_bios/surendran_nair_a.htm, 9th October 2019)