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Varsha

2012
Not on view
Shettar uses a variety of materials and techniques—including etching, screenprint, woodcut, and laser cut—to create images that evoke the sixteen phases of monsoon season and the aspects of Indian astronomy credited with governing the annual events. Dramatic tonal contrasts recall darkening skies and bursts of sunlight, while brightly colored floral motifs refer to lush vegetation. The constellations, based on ancient Indian star charts, are represented in patterns that correspond to the six-month monsoon period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Varsha
  • Artist: Ranjani Shettar (Indian, born Bangalore, 1977)
  • Printer: Randy Hemminghaus (American, born Canada 1957)
  • Printer: Brad Ewing (American, born Columbus, Ohio, 1973)
  • Printer: Jonathan M. Singer (American)
  • Binder: M. A. Rauf (Indian, born Bidar, Karnataka)
  • Binder: Mohammed Abdul Bari (Indian, born Bidar, Karnataka)
  • Binder: Mark Tomlinson (American, born Massachusetts)
  • Publisher: Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art
  • Date: 2012
  • Medium: Artist's book
  • Dimensions: Box: 12 1/8 × 15 7/8 in. (30.8 × 40.4 cm)
    Cover: 11 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (28.6 × 38.7 cm)
    Sheets: 11 1/4 × 14 13/16 in. (28.6 × 37.6 cm)
    Unfolded accordian : 40 ft. (1219.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Prints
  • Credit Line: Lin Lougheed Collection, Gift of Lin Lougheed, 2016
  • Object Number: 2016.587.44
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Ranjani Shettar
    Courtesy Talwar Gallery, New York ׀ New Delhi
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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