If it were ever possible to make a captivating, aesthetically brilliant work of art to represent a combined understanding of how history and geography inform each other and the growth of human civilization, then it would be a Shanti Dave work to accomplish this task. This oil and encaustic work won Dave the national award from the Lalit Kala Akademi and brings together a constellation of slabs with indecipherable script and a pattern of varied, boulder-like shapes. What makes the work astounding is its brilliant colour harmony that presents a microcosm of the roots of human civilization.
Shanti Dave
Sansar Dhawaj
1974
Oil and encaustic on canvas
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Shanti Dave
Sansar Dhawaj
1974
Oil and encaustic on canvas
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