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Post office 2 2013

Artwork Post office 2 this artwork made of Watercolour on paper, created in 2013-01-01
Accession No.
2017.013
Date Created
2013
Gallery location
On display in QAG Gallery 6
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
76.2 x 55.5cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
watercolour
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Place Created
India
Credit Line
Purchased 2017. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Kalam Patua produces watercolours in the style of Kalighat paintings. His unique artworks frequently contain elements of autobiography and myth, and reflect on social issues or current news events. Topics have ranged from the changing nature of Indian society, dowry deaths and violence against women, to light and humorous works, including a series about working in the postal system. In this work he shows a blossoming romance, with a young woman stamping the mail and her admirer offering a flower as she smiles at him over her shoulder.
 

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A watercolour painting of Indian people travelling on a train; an attendant offers snacks.
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Anida Yoeu Ali / Cambodia/USA b.1974 / The Buddhist Bug, Into the Night (still) (detail) 2015 / A project of Studio Revolt. Concept and performance: Anida Yoeu Ali; Video: Masahiro Sugano / Commissioned for APT8. The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2015 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the QAGOMA Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © Anida Yoeu Ali

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