Defaced_4063. - Limited Edition 2 of 20 . Photograph

India has a population of more than 1 billion, so to have your image on a wall means one has achieved an elevated status. Documenting these fading and defaced faces, is for me a Momento Mori and a way of freezing what happens to both image and person before their almost inevitable slip back into wall and obscurity. Following their Warholesque 15 minutes of fame, is a period for the images, often years, of degrading exposure to the elements and human intervention, during which they are transmogrified, into something ghostly, surreal or abstract while others become vaguely comical and some even joyful. This is an A2 size print from the same edition run as the A3 print available on Saatchi Art. Printed with Archival Ink on Hahnemuhle 310gsm German Etching Paper. Signed and dated with edition number on verso.