"For this body of work, Rajkamal Kahlon has created a series of paintings using Cassell's Illustrated History of India, published in 1875. Employing the book's illustrations as a base, Kahlon paints on the actual book pages, creating a charged, fragmented narrative about Indian history and its colonial past. By unbinding the pages from the book, Kahlon's gouache paintings tell a new story of brutality, power, and the possibilities of survival."
I don't know how I feel about her work . I'm trying to understand the subversive content that blatantly expresses her views on colonial prejudice but the unsettling juxtaposition of the candy colours and the grotesque imagery is not working for me right now. Nevertheless, it's very interesting and I'd love to see what she does next.
I don't know how I feel about her work . I'm trying to understand the subversive content that blatantly expresses her views on colonial prejudice but the unsettling juxtaposition of the candy colours and the grotesque imagery is not working for me right now. Nevertheless, it's very interesting and I'd love to see what she does next.
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