Lot 129: New Breed Hybrid

CHINTAN UPADHYAY (B. 1972)
New Breed Hybrid
signed, dated and inscribed ' Chintan 2004 'New Breed Hybrid' CHINTAN UPADHYAY UNLIMITED oil and acrylic on canvas 3' x 4' (on the reverse)
oil and acrylic on canvas
48 x 36 in. (119.9 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 2004

Ashish Balram Nagpal Gallery, Mumbai, 2004

Property from a Private Indian Collection


Chintan's mannequin-like figure, texture-mapped with Rajasthani miniature-style-images, stems from the losses of identity, cultural specificity and ethnicity resulting from globalization. The nude female figure floats within a field of flat color marked only by a shadow of a different figure poised behind her. Through his computer-generated image the artist addresses the nexus between homogenization and hybridization that is rampant in modern-day society.