subodh gupta

gupta's profile at the saatchi gallery



another duchamp descendant they say.


my immediate impression is a reference to a stereotype of the overwhelmed south-asian housewife. there's a dichotomist view of the woman though; the giant, shiny, metal tiffin tins and other house-hold kitchen wares bubbling over in a jewel-like studded mass indicate some sort of glamorous but subservient role to the imagined figure.

the inherent idea is something akin to those 1930s kitsch calendar girl images.