Reflections of India
NAVADVIP SADHU, Indian
2008
Artwork and cultural context
A face in intense colour
The tightly framed portrait shows a blue-green face and hair against a receding background. A direct gaze and unusual colour shape the encounter. The image can be read as a study of how colour transforms the perception of a face without erasing individuality.
Navadvip, now usually written Nabadwip, is historically associated with scholarship and the Chaitanya tradition in West Bengal. This portrait concentrates that broad cultural setting into a single face. Alongside the gaze, colour becomes an independent source of visual expression.
| Jahr: | 2008 |
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Also listed in the artwork archive as: A sadhu from Navadvip, West Bengal
Digital edition · NFT
Archive title: A sadhu from Navadvip, West Bengal
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| 60 × 40 cm | Edition 7 + 2 AP |
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