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The Sovereign and its Company & The Sovereign Takes a Walk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The Sovereign and its Company<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The Sovereign Takes a Walk: Season O <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The Sovereign Takes a Walk: Season <\/em><\/strong>X<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Sovereign and its Company
Shown at: Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Velvet, silkscreen, wallpaper<\/em>
150 cm x 300 cm, 560 cm x 375 cm<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Sovereign and its Company<\/em> are multiple, and multiply formed. Anything can be deputized. The historical glory and moral authority of the sovereign and its company melts away, and then reconstitutes itself, constantly. Haunted by it\u2019s own past, it splinters into shadowy incoherence, and then re-forms to greet the future. The question is, till when?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sovereign Takes a Walk: Season O (2021)
Shown at: Bikaner House, New Delhi (2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gold and silver screen print on tyvek
263cm x 147.5cm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sovereign Takes a Walk: Season X (2021)
Shown at: Bikaner House, New Delhi (2021)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gold and silver screen print on velvet
263cm x 147.5cm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Seasons change. An assemblage over two centuries – where beast, machine and regalia strut, stop and stray in promenade – cranks the force of horsepower to confront change, and induce its will. Time strains at the leash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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