Artwork Collection

2020

By referencing the age-old practices of applying turmeric to face and body in traditional Hindu practices, these oil paintings portray hybridization and fragmentation felt in migrant experiences. The work features dualities to reflect on the melancholy and alienation felt in immigrant journeys and demands healing between communities.

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Sitting Proper
Sitting Proper

Painting

Sitting Proper

Framed in symmetry, this diptych is a reference to the marriage portraits commissioned during Renaissance. By taking on the role of both male and female, husband and wife; I want to complicate gender norms, marriage and portrayal of man and woman... More

Keeping Score
Keeping Score

Painting

Keeping Score

Diptych

Keeping Score II
Keeping Score II

Painting

Keeping Score II

diptych

Work by

Par Nair

Oil Painting

“Much of my work relies on treating life experiences as multiple and the importance of storytelling. From banal to complex, my oil paintings portray identities and cultures constructed through the...” [More]