Death, Beauty, and Justice V

2008

Not on view

Born in Calcutta and raised in Kashmir, Shaw now lives and works in London. Joining the traditions and techniques of his native Asia with cosmopolitan and eclectic sources of imagery that he mines in the museums of London, his pictures present a collision of nature and fantasy, violence and eroticism, that exposes the otherwise hidden side of hedonism.

Artwork Details

Title: Death, Beauty, and Justice V
Artist: Raqib Shaw (Indian, born 1974)
Date: 2008
Medium: Mixed media on paper
Dimensions: 32 1/2 × 29 5/8 in. (82.6 × 75.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2010
Object Number: 2010.146
Rights and Reproduction: Courtesy of the artist
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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