Frida Shergil x Amrita Kahlo West meets East
Photographed by Pragya Bhargava, Delhi Feb '18
Mother’s saree worn by her last on my Naamkaran in '93
Mountain Out of a Molehill (Oil, acrylic, and fabric on canvas, 6 x 8 ft, 2017)
Photographed by Pragya Bhargava, Delhi Feb '18
Mother’s saree worn by her last on my Naamkaran in '93
Mountain Out of a Molehill (Oil, acrylic, and fabric on canvas, 6 x 8 ft, 2017)
India Art Fair 2018 saw a celebration of painter Amrita Shergil. I was very inspired by the documentation of her life, her art and her being. Not to forget her incredulous talent beyond her years. In 2013, I had become Frida Kahlo for Halloween and she had been my muse for a while through my college years. Ironically, Shergil was often called the Frida of the East.
Frida Shergil X Amrita Kahlo series explores the notion of identity. As a Indian female painter who paints her own reality and is inspired by a ethnic, maximalist and dreamy aesthetics, I found resonance with the work and persona of these two iconic female painters - Frida Kahlo (Mexico) and Amrita Shergil (India). The backdrop is my painting Mountain out of a Molehill (6x8 ft, mixed media on canvas, 2017)
Frida Shergil X Amrita Kahlo series explores the notion of identity. As a Indian female painter who paints her own reality and is inspired by a ethnic, maximalist and dreamy aesthetics, I found resonance with the work and persona of these two iconic female painters - Frida Kahlo (Mexico) and Amrita Shergil (India). The backdrop is my painting Mountain out of a Molehill (6x8 ft, mixed media on canvas, 2017)
“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality” - Frida
Yawning is contagious between besties.
“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away” -Frida
Smoke Flowers not Pot // FlowerPot.
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I can only paint in India. Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque. India belongs only to me. - Amrita
Self Portrait with Monkey and Muse boy: Doodle The Poodle
Peek - a - Bloom
Antahkarna
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