Marking the Frame: The Secret History of Shape Shifters, What Belongs in Which Hand?
Marking the Frame: The Secret History of Shape Shifters, What Belongs in Which Hand?
Ranbir Singh Kaleka
Marking the Frame: The Secret History of Shape Shifters, What Belongs in Which Hand?
year
2014
size
54.2 x 241.0 in. / 137.7 x 612.1 cm.
medium
Digital collage-painting in archival inks and oils on canvas
When India was set to host the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010, showing to the world its might, everything was a struggle—stadia and facilities were delayed, the city was dug up, and the skyline of forts and monuments seemed taken over by chimneys and other symbols of twenty-first century development. Yet, there was a savage beauty to it all, as Ranbir Kaleka shows us in this painting—old ruins next to newer ones, a glorious sky, birds and beasts concerned at the goings-on, surprises at every turn.
published references
Singh, Kishore, ed., Navrasa: The Nine Emotions of Art (New Delhi: DAG, 2020), pp. 246-247
Ranbir Singh Kaleka
Marking the Frame: The Secret History of Shape Shifters, What Belongs in Which Hand?
2014
Digital collage-painting in archival inks and oils on canvas
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Ranbir Singh Kaleka
Marking the Frame: The Secret History of Shape Shifters, What Belongs in Which Hand?
2014
Digital collage-painting in archival inks and oils on canvas
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