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e Catalogue -'The Palimpsest Portraits'
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Historically, portraiture was the privilege of the rich and famous of society. Often commissioned, these works, be it on canvas, paper, stone or ceramic, ensured the persistence of the patron’s memory long after his/her demise. Over centuries, the genre has re-invented itself, much like a palimpsest, proffering new avatars of itself, while retaining shades of an art historical past. The works in this exhibition take a closer look at the genre of portraiture, examining its rich history, its symbolic underpinnings and its relevance to the contemporary.
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Skin Deep
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The term ‘skin deep’ implies a superficial reading of things, a hastily arrived at conclusion based upon a cursory examination of the surface, whereas, in actuality, the human skin is a complex web of interconnected cells that is metaphorically as layered as it is compositionally. This fragile yet resilient membrane serves both as a transmitter of external stimuli as well as a medium through which abstract notions of race, identity, beauty, gender, desire and power, to name only a few, are constructed and deconstructed. While the proposed exhibition seeks to encourage further dialogue on the subject of the skin and its role in shaping socio-cultural thought and practice, it seeks to do so through an examination of the medium’s formal structure, its texture, its composition and its function as the definitive divide between the corporeal internal world and the physical outer world.
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