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Lot 549
  • 549

Subodh Gupta

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Subodh Gupta
  • Leap of Faith
  • stainless steel buckets, in 6 parts
  • Overall: 98 by 38 by 43 in. 248.9 by 96.5 by 109.2 cm.
  • Executed in 2005-2006, this work is from an edition of 3.

Provenance

Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi
Walsh Gallery, Chicago
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

New Delhi, Nature Morte, Subodh Gupta: New Paintings and Sculptures, February 2006 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Anupa Mehta, "Global Local: Subodh Gupta," India 20: Conversations with Contemporary Artists, 2007, p. 181, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Jack Shainman Gallery, Subodh Gupta: Gandhi's Three Monkeys, New York, 2008, p. 85, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. All the buckets present scattered abrasions throughout which appear to be consistent with the stacking pattern of the installation.
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Catalogue Note

"When Gupta uses the everyday object (utensils) it is with the full intention and knowledge of the fact that these objects are undergoing a transition from the everyday to that of objectified Beauty. Therefore, it is not a representation of the Duchampian idea of the found object, but rather a negation of it. It is not meant to challenge the idea of what constitutes art, and it is not a critique of art or the art world. It is an intentional act in which Gupta transforms the objects original function/meaning/intent so that he can call attention to the notions of idealized Beauty especially within the cultural norms of Indian society. The viewer is presented with an idea of Beauty, evident in what has now become an object of art, and will now be contemplated as such." - Meenakshi Thirukode ("The Art of Subodh Gupta", Whitewall Magazine, April 2009