Lot 62: PROBIR GUPTA

PROBIR GUPTA B. 1960 ANXIETY OF THE UNFAMILIAR I Acrylic and iron oxide on canvas 198 by 194 cm. (78 by 76 3/8 in.)

The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, London, January - May, 2010

To Whomsoever It May Concern, Bodhi Art, New York, 2007

Probir Gupta's main concern lies with the recurrent theme of state violence. Growing up in Kolkata during a time of political and social unrest initiated by the Maoist Naxalite movement, he 'then began to explore the possibilities of the visual medium of painting as a way of responding to this civil strife.' (Shukla Sawant in Probir Gupta, Alexia Goethe Gallery, London, 2008, unpaginated)