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Sheba Chhachhi
(1958)

Conference of Birds (Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia)



"I have created a series of imaginary landscapes, digital tapestries which weave together references culled from Indian sculpture, Chinese brush painting, the Persian/Mughal miniature and documentary photography to inhabit these moving image lightboxes."
- SHEBA CHHACHHI

Sheba Chhachhi is a photographer, multimedia artist, activist and writer. From her early years documenting the women's movement in India, Chhachhi's work...



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  Lot 11 of 47  

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART: A SELECTION FROM THE AMAYA COLLECTION
4-5 DECEMBER 2018

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Rs 5,21,400
$7,557

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Sheba Chhachhi
Conference of Birds (Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia)

2006-2007
Digital prints on duratrans/ clear films, 3 layers
Height: 13.75 in (35 cm)
Width: 34 in (86.6 cm)
Depth: 4.5 in (11.5 cm)

One from a limited edition of three


This lot is presented as a moving image lightbox with a soundtrack

EXHIBITED
Singapore Biennale, Singapore, 4 September - 12 November 2006 (another from the edition)
Thermocline of Art: New Asian Wave, Karlsruhe: ZKM Center for Art & Media, 15 June - 21 October 2007 (another from the edition)
Urban Manners, Milan: Hangar Biccoca, 9 October 2007 - 6 January 2008 (another from the edition)
Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle from Asia, New Delhi: Nature Morte, 24 December 2007 - 19 January 2008; New York: Bose Pacia, 13 November - 23 December 2008; Mumbai: Volte Gallery, 2012 (another from the edition)
Winged Pilgrims and Other Creatures, Chicago: Walsh Gallery, 27 March - 25 April 2009 (another from the edition)

Category: Digital Art
Style: Landscape


 









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