Probir Gupta - Contemporary Artists

Anxiety of the Unfamiliar

Anxiety of the Unfamiliar The Saatchi Gallery
 

Probir Gupta

Anxiety of the Unfamiliar

2006
Acrylic and iron oxides on canvas

268 x 398 cm

In Anxiety of the Unfamiliar Gupta’s figures appear to have transformed into beetles laid out as dreadful corpses. Man, machine and insect intertwine into incomprehensible forms resembling scenes from Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Beneath these grotesque figures are a series of miniature negative portraits of men at the epicentre of significant episodes in India’s politically charged history.
 
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