Property From An Esteemed European Collection
198
Shilpa Gupta
01:14.9
- Estimate
- £18,000 - 25,000‡
£22,500
Lot Details
hand-wound thread and brass plaque under a glass vitrine on wooden stand
stamped with the title and inscribed '1 : 14. 9 1188.5 MILES OF FENCED BORDER - WEST, NORTH-WEST DATE UPDATE: DEC 31, 2007' on brass plaque
155.2 x 55.6 x 50.5 cm (61 1/8 x 21 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2011-12, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs.
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Catalogue Essay
From India to Venice
A Selection of Works by Indian Artists from an Esteemed European Collection
The following selection of works by artists living and working in India are linked by a mutual theme of exploration into the changing environment in which they are created and the influence of both Eastern and Western culture. Housed in an esteemed European collection, this year Atul Dodiya's and Shilpa Gupta's work has been selected to represent India at the country's second ever appearance on the Western stage of the Venice Biennale.
Working across multiple mediums Shilpa Gupta’s oeuvre addresses a wide variety of subjects such as the psyche, society and politics, verbalizing their stifled contents. Her work has been featured at major international institutions, including Tate Modern, London, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the artist has represented India as part of the 56th and current 58th Venice Biennale. 01: 14.9 powerfully illustrates the fraught West, Northwest border between India and Pakistan: 1188.5 miles, as updated on 31 December 2007 depicted with a ratio of 1 to 14.9. Gupta winds 80 miles of thread into an ivory delicate oval egg shape, highlighting the fragility of fear, threat, paranoia and religious prejudices. An edition of this work is owned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and a further edition belongs to the Menil Collection, Houston.
A Selection of Works by Indian Artists from an Esteemed European Collection
The following selection of works by artists living and working in India are linked by a mutual theme of exploration into the changing environment in which they are created and the influence of both Eastern and Western culture. Housed in an esteemed European collection, this year Atul Dodiya's and Shilpa Gupta's work has been selected to represent India at the country's second ever appearance on the Western stage of the Venice Biennale.
Working across multiple mediums Shilpa Gupta’s oeuvre addresses a wide variety of subjects such as the psyche, society and politics, verbalizing their stifled contents. Her work has been featured at major international institutions, including Tate Modern, London, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Centre Pompidou, Paris, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the artist has represented India as part of the 56th and current 58th Venice Biennale. 01: 14.9 powerfully illustrates the fraught West, Northwest border between India and Pakistan: 1188.5 miles, as updated on 31 December 2007 depicted with a ratio of 1 to 14.9. Gupta winds 80 miles of thread into an ivory delicate oval egg shape, highlighting the fragility of fear, threat, paranoia and religious prejudices. An edition of this work is owned by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and a further edition belongs to the Menil Collection, Houston.
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