Print size: 26.2 x 19.5 in. / 66.5 x 49.5 cm. Paper size: 30.0 x 22.0 in. / 76.2 x 55.9 cm.
medium
Etching and aquatint on handmade paper
Anupam Sud’s visit to Japan in 1988 for a residency at Fukuoka Museum would prove fruitful also for the influence of Kabuki theatre in her choice of subjects. Inspired by the masks used by the actors as also their mask-like makeup, she developed a series of works using these as theatrical props. Persona plays on the theme of the mask and its ability to present different faces to the world with great impact even as the various elements on display are a nod to issues of femininity.
published references
Sen, Geeti, ed., Transgression in Print | Anupam Sud: Four Decades (New Delhi: Palette Art Gallery, 2007), pp. 15, 51 Sengupta, Paula, The Soul (Un)Gendered | Anupam Sud: A Retrospective (New Delhi: DAG, 2019), p. 94 Singh, Kishore, ed., Ways of Seeing: Women Artists | Women as Muse (New Delhi: DAG, 2021), p. 92 A Place in the Sun: Women Artists from 20th Century India (New Delhi: DAG, 2021), p. 78
Anupam Sud
Persona
1988
Etching and aquatint on handmade paper
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Persona
1988
Etching and aquatint on handmade paper
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