Victoria Terminus and uniforms - Limited Edition 1 of 1 Print

On July 28 2005, I got a phone call that that my cousin was safe. On July 26, 39 inches of rain poured water from the Arabian Sea, through the Gateway of India. My cousin, floated in a taxi for two days. A few years later, I remember getting a call from my uncle when the 26/11 terrorist attacks occurred , and I watched the Taj hotel burning on TV. As a second generation Indian, these events were too surreal to comprehend. In 2009, I revisited Mumbai, and began to learn about these events. As an occupational therapy student I have helped people with PTSD, and understanding personal tragedy is critical to my life. I conducted a series of interviews with my family members. In processing it, I appropriated the architectural silhouette of these landmarks, and replicated the outline of the buildings in collagraph plates. Subsequently, I layer on monotype and relief prints. As the series has progressed, I have explored many more building, and I entered the conversation by documenting my recollections. I create hybrid forms by combining the silhouettes of buildings from Mumbai and New York. It reflects my merged heritage. Personal memory and individual tragedy are an unwritten history that is not visible in the building’s structure; no inscription celebrates these events. But this work allows me to give personal experiences the commemoration I know they deserve.

Printmaking:Stencil on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:24 W x 18 H x 0.1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.