Cupid Playing

Anupam Sud’s picture frame is rather fitting—a nondescript face culminating into a Punchinello—probably informing the viewer of what really happens in love; one of the two in a relationship always having to give away the strings in the hands of the other. Adding weight to the narrative is a cupid figure who watches a couple from above, huddled nervously with a bow and no arrow in sight. Nudity, used as a metaphor by Sud, often signified vulnerability, as is the case with this couple.