Swati Khurana
Storytelling from the series Ten Years Later
2008
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Swati Khurana
Booze Cruise from the series Popular Pastoral
2006
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Swati Khurana
Reptile Rage from the series Sutured Swatches
2008
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Swati Khurana
Tulip Fishbowl from the series Love in the Time of Silsila
Collage
2006
Swati Khurana
Silsila Gate
Xerox transfer on on tags sewn into accordion binding
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Swati Khurana
Starry Rooftop from the series Sutured Swatches
2008
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Swati Khurana
Chandelier Nest from the series Witching Hour
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Swati Khurana
Ideal Mother from the series Ideal Family
Note: The plaques for each piece in this series are inscribed with ideal characteristics for that person’s role. I could not find a detail of what the mother’s plaque said.
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Swati Khurana
Fire Balance from the series Sutured Swatches
2008
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Swati Khurana
Papel Picado from the series Love in the Time of Silsila
Collage
2007
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Swati Khurana
Shark Attack from the series Sutured Swatches
2008
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Swati Khurana
Caribou Butterfly from the series Love in the Time of Silsila
Collage
2007
As a child, I learned everything I ever needed to know about love from Bollywood cinema – modesty, choreography and the virtuosity in crossing time, space and costume continuums. The 1981 film Hindi ‘Silsila’ with megastars embodying that which is slick (Amitabh Bachchan) with that which sizzles sex appeal (Rekha), coinciding with the popularization of the VCR, imprinted certain scenes in my mind. By manipulating film stills, I revisited a particular song that takes the duo to a tulip field in Holland where they sing, dance and gaze love and placed them in similar dream-like landscapes amplified by glittery, fragile and illusory chandeliers.
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Swati Khurana
Particle Accelerator
Ink and xerox transfer on bristol board
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