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Surendran Nair
(1956)

Epiphany: 'The Parable of the Swines' (Cuckoonebulopolis)



In their bizarre combinations of the personal and the historical, the religious and the irreverent, Surendran Nair's arresting images transport viewers to new, fantastical dimensions. From such neutral vantage points, viewers may look back on the framework, contexts and situations that shape their notions of identity, both individual and collective, and reality, learning more about themselves and their worlds in the process.

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  Lot 22 of 70  

AUTUMN AUCTION 2011
21-22 SEPTEMBER 2011

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Winning Bid
Rs 52,14,000
$113,348

(Inclusive of Buyer's Premium)


ARTWORK DETAILS

Surendran Nair
Epiphany: 'The Parable of the Swines' (Cuckoonebulopolis)

Signed and dated in English (verso)
2000
Oil on canvas
70.5 x 94.5 in (179.1 x 240 cm)


EXHIBITED:
Bad Behaviour of Singularities, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2005-06

PUBLISHED:
Itinerant Mythologies: Surendran Nair, Ranjit Hoskote, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, 2009

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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