Gujarat Riots
2005
283.0 x 56.0 cm
National Museum of Ethnology
Swarna Chitrakar (1974 –)
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Patua painting on paper, made of seven panels, depicting the religious violence of October 2003 in Gujarat, a state in Western India next to the border with Pakistan. An excerpt from the singing narrative of this painting reads:
Over dit kunstwerk
- Titel: Gujarat Riots
- Kunstenaar: Swarna Chitrakar
- Jaar: 2005
- Oorspronkelijke afmetingen: 283.0 x 56.0 cm
- Formaat: Tall
- Auteursrechtelijke status: Onder auteursrechtelijke bescherming
- Locatie: National Museum of Ethnology
- Kleurtoon: Yellow-Green Range
- Waargenomen helderheid: shadow