Reflections of India
Pigment and water, Indien
2014
Artwork text and archival details
Adapted from the artist’s archive.
Photographed from the roof of the Baladev Dauji Temple during Holi, Pigment and Water brings together 81 views of the same area from the same elevated position. Changes in aperture, filtration, ISO and exposure time transform the movement of people, water and coloured pigment across a nine-by-nine arrangement.
From a distance, the ensemble approaches the appearance of abstract painting; viewed closely, each photograph reveals a distinct moment of collective activity. The people remain in motion while the photographic variables make that movement alternately sharp or indistinct. The work explores how time can become both an image’s subject and its means of construction.
The complete work comprises 81 hand-signed prints, each measuring 20 × 30 cm, arranged in a nine-by-nine grid. The archive records an edition of three complete works and states that the photographs are not offered individually. It also records an NFT version of the project.
Format and edition details from the archive
https://opensea.io/collection/pigmentandwater
Size and edition: | 193 × 283 cm , Edition 1/3 + 1 NFT (81 framed photographs measuring 20 × 30 cm)
Year: 2014 - 2018
Signed, titled and numbered, with a certificate.
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