Self as Tahitian

This work is from the Re-take of Amrita series. 

Excerpt from Vivan Sundaram, Vivan Sundaram: Re-take of Amrita, Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2001:


'The Post-Impressionist Self-portrait as Tahitian (1934) is a daring painting. Amrita posed herself as a nude torso in the manner of the Tahitian 'other.' But in her reference to Gauguin’s painting of exotic women, there is an ironic reclamation of lost ground: the desire in women. My work, with poster-pin-up frontality, extends the irony.'    

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2001

Creation place

India

Medium

Digital photomontage, printed by Epson Stylus Pro with Ultra Chrome K3 inks on smooth fine art paper, Epson c

Dimension

55.88cm x 30.48cm

Content type

artwork documentation

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Self as Tahitian