The fictional character of Hatter from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has come to represent ‘unpleasant sides of human nature,’ according to the widely accepted symbolism elucidated by British illustrator Ralph Steadman. Did Altaf have the Hatter in mind when he created this ink work? The sole sinister eye peeping from under the hat of the figure on the right finds its match in the duplicitous figure on the left, its split personality amply made evident by the artist. Is this some ill-omened tryst in the woods, of which only two dogs—standing timidly behind—are the witness?
Altaf
Untitled
Ink on paper
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