Chidambaram: Yajnayudhani

1998
paper and acrylic paint
77-1/2″x72″ (48 12″x9″ drawings)

A set of 48 painted images of Vedic ritual objects.

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: (Collection: Benton Museum, University of Connecticut)

: (Collection: Benton Museum, University of Connecticut)

Everywhere Chidambaram

1998-2002 Nature Morte Gallery in New Delhi (1998) Bose Pacia Gallery in New York (2000) Everywhere Chidambaram developed as a reaction to two fundamental yet opposing features of India's character: tolerance of chaos ...

Everywhere Chidambaram

1998 ayurvedic soap, brass bowls, water Variable dimensions Everywhere Chidambaram, derives from a poem by the Tamil saint Tirumular. Tamil letters cut out in Ayurvedic Medimix soap spell out three lines from the ...

Chidambaram: Puja Drawings

2003 handmade banana-leaf paper, holy string, and puja offerings 18" x 22" Made in South India by throwing mix of Puja offerings (like those in Everything Chidambaram) into the air above wet paper ...

Everyday Chidambaram

1998-2002 black granite, household objects (soap, plastic kitchenware, sponge, etc. Variable Dimensions In Everyday Chidambaram, granite plinths, based on details of Indian temple architecture, were customized to house the disposable objects of daily rituals—plastic ...

Everything Chidambaram

1998 ayurvedic soap, brass bowls, water, rice, 9 grains, dried flowers and roots, grasses, neem leaves, mango leaves, turmeric, various spices, ghee, camphor, dirt, cow dung 8" x 18" x 25" Everything Chidambaram ...

Everywhere Chidambaram

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Everything Chidambaram

Chidambaram: Yajnayudhani

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