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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 70.9 W x 70.9 H x 1.6 D in
Harijan’s practice focuses on social issues of caste discrimination, a system that divides people into unequal and hierarchical social groups, an issue that affects an estimated 260 million people worldwide. Those at the bottom are considered ‘lesser human beings’, ‘impure’ and ‘polluting’ to other caste groups. In Nepal, Harijan’s family was in the Dalit, or “untouchable”, caste. Dalit people are removed from the hierarchy, forbidden in temples or allowed to read Hindu script, as well as forced to take part in “low-level work”. Relatively innocuous objects, such as a metallic kitchen bowl as seen in his recent sculpture Piece of Holy Mountain (2022), become compelling symbols of lowly-paid toil and make the ordinary become extraordinary. By the age of 14, the artist was working in fields near his home to make money to go to school, before finally studying at the University of Kathmandu.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:70.9 W x 70.9 H x 1.6 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Manish Harijan is a Nepal born artist who lives in Sheffield, UK. The son of a shoemaker from the so called Dalit or so called untouchable caste, through art, Manish questions the injustices inflicted upon minorities and the lived experiences of vulnerable populations in all societies around the world. His work traverses the east and the west, casting iconic images from religion to pop culture, smoothly embedding them in one canvas to create bold, beautiful and thought-provoking paintings.
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