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Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Veerta Kumar

Spell I CUP

Painting
2023
12” dia
Nazar Series

“I paint and embellish childhood photographs through layered glazes and interlaced mark-making, producing an illuminated aesthetic of dislocation and protection. Relating Nazar (evil eye/envious gaze) to an omnipresent colonial gaze, I seek to veil vulnerability from exposition in a world saturated by misrecognition.

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Spell I CUP
Spell I CUP

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Veerta Kumar

Oil painting, Light-based work, Photo-paintings

“I paint and embellish childhood photographs through layered glazes and interlaced mark-making, producing an illuminated aesthetic of dislocation and protection. ...” [More]