KUDRAT PORCHIWALA (INDIAN, ACTIVE CONTEMPORARY)

8TH MARCH (ETCHING)
COLOUR INTAGLIO PRINT
2002
INSCRIBED A/P (ARTIST'S PROOF), TITLED, AND SIGNED KUDRAT IN PENCIL TO THE LOWER MARGIN

AN EXPRESSIVE, STRUCTURALLY VIBRANT CONTEMPORARY PRINT BY THE INDIAN FINE PRINTMAKER KUDRAT PORCHIWALA, EXECUTED IN A WARM, FIERY PALETTE OF DEEP TERRACOTTA RED, AMBER ORANGE, AND GLOWING YELLOW TONES. THE CENTRAL SURREALIST MOTIF DEPICTS A HEAVILY STYLIZED, ABSTRACT MATERNAL EMBRACE OR STANDING COUPLE FIGURES RENDERED IN A FLUID, MINIMALIST WHITE LINE CONTOUR. THIS FOCAL POINT IS FRAMED BY ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS RESEMBLING SHARP SPIRES RISING TOWARD A GRADIENT BACKGROUND.