Fischman, Lisa

Kanishka Raja: I and I

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ISBN 13:: 9783777439990
author:: Fischman, Lisa
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 120
Dimensions:: 24.9 x 20.3 x 2.3 centimetres (0
Genre:: Arts & Photography, Art, Individual Artist,
Condition:: New
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Kanishka Raja I and I is an experimental painter's exploration of representation, craft, technology, and information transmission. This work combines painting with various counterparts, including woven, scanned, printed, embroidered, and reproduced elements. The artist's practice reflects their urban Indian childhood, family roots in textile manufacturing and clothing design, liberal arts education in the United States, and binational footing between New York and Kolkata. Strategies of variation, repetition, reversal, and mirroring converge in "composite fields" that tap into oppositions such as technology versus handmade craftsmanship. Raja's work offers a unique perspective on the intersection of representation and reproduction, inviting viewers to consider the relationships between originality, neutrality, and contested meaning.

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