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Atul Dodiya
Woman from Kabul
- Estimate
- £20,000 - 30,000†
£20,000
Lot Details
acrylic, marble dust on fabric, in artist's frame
186.2 x 125.1 cm (73 1/4 x 49 1/4 in.)
Signed and dated 'Atul Dodiya 2001' on the overlap. Further signed, titled and dated 'ATUL DODIYA "WOMAN FROM KABUL" - 2001' on the stretcher.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Woman from Kabul is a work about living in Afghanistan at the turn of the new millennium. The artist recalls a country rich in history and resources that has collapsed under the weight of war. A figure of an elderly woman, stripped of most of her black burka, squats over a very decorative backdrop of wall paper. Her body is revealed as skin and bones, representative of the oppression and squalor that has become endemic of the city. Dodiya’s work is a potent reminder of the plight of the refugee.
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Exhibited
Literature