Reflections of India

Breaking, Indien

2013

Breaking, Indien

Breaking, Indien

Artwork text and archival details

Adapted from the artist’s archive.

A massive rock emerges from a soft veil beside the Indian Ocean. What initially resembles cloud is water: waves and spray have merged through long exposure, turning repeated impacts into an apparently still surface. The photograph places the rock’s defined contours against the sea’s accumulated movement.

The title leaves the direction of force uncertain. Water has helped shape the stone, yet the stone remains while each wave passes. The image holds resistance and change together, asking which is stronger without requiring a winner. Its quiet appearance contains a much more turbulent encounter.

Format and edition details from the archive

Size: 72 × 108 cm, Edition 5 + 2 AP | 108 × 162 cm, Edition 5 + 2 AP | 150 × 225 cm, Edition 3 + 2 AP | Year: 2013 |

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