The (In)Significance of History - Limited Edition of 25 Print

The following, written upon the completion of the work, in 2014: 'This composition in ink and watercolour is called The (In)Significance of History. There are two distinct parts of the work- the central images in pen, and the rest. The latter mostly comprises of images of sculptures and designs which caught my eye over the course of three visits to the National Museum and some other places in New Delhi. The paintings, clockwise from the top, are of a panel depicting scenes from the life of Buddha, an apsara gazing at herself in a mirror, some musicians, the goddess Vrishanana Yogini , the nine planets according to ancient Hindu astrology ( From left to right: the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, the ascending lunar node and the descending lunar node), four other goddesses, Lord Mahavira at Ahinsa Sthal, Tara (A Buddhist Goddess), and Saraswati. The outer border is an imitation of a bright floral motif painted on a manuscript. I've visited many museums many times, but only recently discovered the effect such encounters can have when a person's sensations have been heightened by engaging in art making. Familiar sights begin to have lasting impressions. Seeing the wide variety of ancient sculptures and paintings reminded me of how much I still have to learn. The variation and complexity in beliefs is overwhelming; it sometimes seems that these bygone cultures might have something to teach us but at other times, it feels as if they were obviously more delusional than us. There are images of orgies and stoic resignation side by side. There are so many facets to our nature and it is difficult to reconcile these without inventing an artificial union. I feel like a young boy surrounded by gigantic teachers all wanting to impart their hard earned knowledge to me, and I trying to understand who I should follow and what I should do.' The original not being on sale, high quality giclée prints are available on archival 310 GSM Hahnemühle paper, 1:1; printed using archival inks, these prints will last one a lifetime. Though, really, it does not make much sense in limiting the number of editions of a digital print, as I also indeed wish to control what aspects of quality I can (by way of supervising printing myself, and thereby being excluded from being able to sell open edition on Saatchi), I have decided to limit them to 25. As regards the costing rationale: having attempted selling my prints, previously, at their cost prices themselves, and having left the evaluation of my labour upon my customers to decide- and consequently, not having been able to make ends meet, I have decided, for the first time, to set a fixed profit for myself, in keeping with current practice. Wishing to remain entirely honest however, I must add that it costs me ₹475 per square foot to have the print printed, and ₹100 to have the original scanned, besides which packaging can be accounted for by adding another ₹1000. Entirely unable myself to set a price upon my work, I have chosen what I've seen on Saatchi itself being set for other similarly sized prints (choosing to remain still on the more reasonable side of things). It is for me, really, I must admit, an experiment, this.

Printmaking:Ink on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:25

Size:21.9 W x 27.8 H x 0 D in

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