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I Was Not Waving But Drowning II
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This series consists of 14 color photographs that depict the artist, Atul Bhalla, slowly submerging himself in the Yamuna River in Delhi. The photographs are vertical in format and intended to be viewed in a linear series which shows the progression of the central figure into the water. The color palette of the series is warm, with a combination of Bhalla's flesh, the calm water surface, which mirrors a bright sky, Bhalla, and a hazy green line of trees on the bank in the background. The soft quality of the trees and the reflections in the water contrast with the sharply defined contours of the artist's portrait. These light-filled images appear to almost glow on their own, an effect that is likely enhanced by the refracting light passing through the plexiglass face mounting.
Rights: © Atul Bhalla
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Atul Bhalla (2005-2008 New Delhi India) sold [through Sepia Gallery New York]; to Harvard Art Museums 2008.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Purchase through the generosity of Jose M. Soriano
Title: I Was Not Waving But Drowning II
Description:
This series consists of 14 color photographs that depict the artist, Atul Bhalla, slowly submerging himself in the Yamuna River in Delhi.
The photographs are vertical in format and intended to be viewed in a linear series which shows the progression of the central figure into the water.
The color palette of the series is warm, with a combination of Bhalla's flesh, the calm water surface, which mirrors a bright sky, Bhalla, and a hazy green line of trees on the bank in the background.
The soft quality of the trees and the reflections in the water contrast with the sharply defined contours of the artist's portrait.
These light-filled images appear to almost glow on their own, an effect that is likely enhanced by the refracting light passing through the plexiglass face mounting.