Baggage Claim
2010
Baggage Claim
2010
Jitish Kallat uses a range of media to explore the problems brought about by globalisation and urbanisation in cities such as Mumbai, where he lives. Many allusions to that vast agglomeration can be found in Baggage Claim, the canvas itself hanging from replicas of gargoyles adorning the city’s Central Station. The survival of the individual in the city is a recurrent theme in Kallat’s work. It is treated here in the persons of these four men, their hair itself a depiction of urban chaos, their bodies flanked by images of destruction, such as the crashed car or the little building covered in flies symbolic of insalubrity.
Domain | Peinture |
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Techniques | Acrylique sur toile et bronze |
Dimensions | 243,8 x 518,2 x 31 cm |
Acquisition | Don du Cercle International de la Société des |
Inventory no. | AM 2017-270 |
Detailed description
Artist |
Jitish Kallat
(1974, Inde) |
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Main title | Baggage Claim |
Creation date | 2010 |
Domain | Peinture |
Description | Triptyque maintenu par trois petites gargouilles métalliques |
Techniques | Acrylique sur toile et bronze |
Dimensions | 243,8 x 518,2 x 31 cm |
Acquisition | Don du Cercle International de la Société des |
Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Création contemporaine et prospective |
Inventory no. | AM 2017-270 |