Mein Aur Mere Andar translates into ‘I and Inside Me’, which in Jai Zharotia’s case, is an exact pointer to a big body of his work. Throughout his career, his quest remained to explore the duality of existence, to process the reality which is not exactly what it appears. In this case, this quest makes the artist turn the subject inwards and look at what lies inside: is it different from what is portrayed outside? From what appears in the artwork, the veneer is different from the core. In this work, Zharotia emphasised the duality without passing judgment on the right or wrong of it.
published references
Singh, Kishore, ed., Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art, Edition II (New Delhi: DAG, 2017), pp. 322-325 Singh, Kishore, ed., India's Rockefeller Artists: An Indo-US Cultural Saga (New Delhi: DAG, 2017), pp.368-369 Singh, Kishore, ed., India's French Connection: Indian Artists in France (New Delhi: DAG, 2018), pp. 144-147 Singh, Kishore, ed., Iconic Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art, Volume II (New Delhi: DAG, 2021), pp. 558-559
Ram Kumar
Untitled
c. 1970s
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