Amjad Ali Talpur

Lot 20: Game Over

Name: Game Over
Brand: Christie's
SKU: la43lvs9nv

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USSeptember 20, 2007

Item Overview

Description

AMJAD ALI TALPUR (B. 1979)
Game Over
signed and dated in Urdu (each work)
gouache on paper
4 x 5in. (10.16 x 12.7cm.); each
Painted in 2007; Set of four (4)

Artist or Maker

Amjad Ali Talpur

Exhibited

Karachi, Canvas Gallery, 2007.

Notes

Amjad Ali Talpur in this series of works also uses the grid as a basis for his composition referencing both Zahoor ul Akhlaq (lot 19) and Rashid Rana (lot 112).

Commenting on the current state of the media and politics in Pakistan, Amjad Ali Talpur uses the imagery of the game puzzle to show how the general populace are unwitting pawns in the subversion of the truth by these two institutions.

The imagery that Talpur employs is derived from Mughal miniatures, specifically the Padshahnama .

Auction Details

South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art

Christie's

September 20, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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