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Reserve Army<\/strong><\/em>
Shown at: MuHKA, Antwerp (2008)| ‘The Audience and the Eavesdropper’, Phillips de Pury, London and New York (2008-09)| Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (2009)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human-sized sand finish fibreglass sculptures, cash, and barbed wire ornaments, printed vinyl screen
335 x 214 cm<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The sculptural installation The Reserve Army<\/em> examines the intersection of a personal artistic practice (in this case, that of the early 20th Century Indian sculptor Ram Kinkar Baij) with the construction of icons to represent the newly independent nation-state, as well as the rather clumsy union of Modernism and a traditional, folkloric Indian culture. By replicating and embellishing the Baij sculptures created to stand in front of the Reserve Bank of India, the work also addresses the recent changes that have taken place in Indian economic policies within a globalized scenario. The Interrupted Cartographer is like a theatrical prop without an actor, a stylized and illuminated table with chair that speaks of historical divisions and negotiated compromises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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