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Sink And Float (II)
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| By Dhruvi Acharya | |||||||||
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Published: Volume 17, Issue 1, January, 2009
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Two women sink and float in a comic book world of weapons with exaggerated sound effects. But the images now seem like a premonition of the sounds and visuals that Mumbaikars recently experienced in person or through the media. The two bloated bodies are metaphors for the greed and corruption plaguing our society. Symbolically, the women are draped in saffron and green, colours of the Indian flag, which are now associated with Hinduism and Islam. The white of the flag has become a murky brown, and the blue chakra symbolising the 24 virtues is missing.
Dhruvi Acharya, a native of Mumbai, received her MFA in painting from the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. She was awarded the Aditya Birla KalaKiran Puraskar (India) and nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (USA) in 2006. Dhruvi lived and worked in New York until 2004, and now divides her time in between Mumbai and New York. Express yourself: leave a comment on the article telling us what you think. Subscribe to Verve Magazine or buy the Verve issue on stands now!
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