Zander’s Gymnastic Apparatuses, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Trepanation Instruments, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Travel Kit: Shaving Set, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Transparent Woman on Table, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
The Screamer, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
The Borghese Warrior, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Sword Swallower, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Perfume, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Nerve and Blood Vessels of the Head I, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Nerve and Blood Vessels of the Head II, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Man of Pain, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Knock Knees, Bow Legs, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Jewelled Combs, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Irradiation, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Four Stages of Athletic Fatigue, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Foot, Fist, Heart, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Eye Glasses, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
Anatomy, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
Gourd I, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
Gourd II, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
Croton, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
Training I, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
Cactus, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
Cover, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Inner Cover, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Bedding, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Beetle, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Bedding II, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Training II, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Training III, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Rose Gall, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Oak Gall, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Mimosa, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Dibbling, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Canker, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Budding Knives, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
Ban the old, dry methods (2021): Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper
Ban the old, dry methods is an excerpt from a larger ongoing project, that emerges from an engagement with the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden’s permanent collection. The work is centred around the ways in which science and the State have viewed the body of the individual, and how in turn such perspectives are co-opted by consequent political regimes, amongst other structures of power. Addressing the museum’s founding ideology which stressed on seeing and consequently knowing our bodies as the cornerstones of keeping assuredly healthy, without a shadow of doubt, each drawing draws from three key aspects of the collection: the objects on display, the written descriptions, and the English audioguide. Either instruction or proclamation, the certainty of these statements that are now displaced, build a belief system parallel to the one that the museum and its collection was founded on.
The Dictionary of Gardening (2019): Intaglio prints and heat transfers on zinc plates
Printed at Atelier Prati, Bangalore, India.
In a series of volumes titled The Dictionary of Gardening (The Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, published in London in 1887), George Nicholson teaches the reader everything they need to know about tending to plants. Justifying his every directive, the author explains that plants do not know how to grow within their limits — for instance, how to root correctly, grow straight and aesthetically, understand their optimum size and shape, and so on. Parallel to this, the Dictionary moves into sections which address the fact that we must constantly save the plant, not only from its own lack of understanding but also from everything that could attempt to cause it harm. What’s interesting is that this dialogue that the author is ‘teaching’ you to have (or improve on) is based solely on aesthetic principles, as opposed to those of intimacy — care that keeps them alive for example, or grief felt upon their death. In fact, often, his description of caring for the ivory handle of a budding knife seems more intimate than his description of the plant itself. This brings to the fore a larger question — why is such a dialogue struck at all and what does such a mutually tamed relationship bring? Select pages from this series of books are extracted and reproduced onto etching plates as drawings and transfers. In reproducing specific pages of the book — one that was originally produced using metal plate engravings and a letterpress — the information is brought back, tracing parallel processes and materials, and allowing what is being said to be recontextualised. www
- Sarasija Subramanian
- Ban the old, dry methods
- 15th March to 22nd April 2023
Zander’s Gymnastic Apparatuses, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Trepanation Instruments, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Travel Kit: Shaving Set, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Transparent Woman on Table, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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The Screamer, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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The Borghese Warrior, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Sword Swallower, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Perfume, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Nerve and Blood Vessels of the Head I, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Nerve and Blood Vessels of the Head II, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Man of Pain, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Knock Knees, Bow Legs, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Jewelled Combs, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Irradiation, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Four Stages of Athletic Fatigue, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Foot, Fist, Heart, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Eye Glasses, Graphite drawings on Fabriano Pergamon paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2021
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Anatomy, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
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Gourd I, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
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Gourd II, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
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Croton, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
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Training I, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
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Cactus, Heat Transfers on Zinc Plates, 33 x 25.4 cm, 2019
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Cover, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Inner Cover, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Bedding, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Beetle, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Bedding II, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Training II, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Training III, Etching prints on Tracing Paper, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Rose Gall, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Oak Gall, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Mimosa, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Dibbling, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Canker, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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Budding Knives, Etching prints on Canson Montval, Edition 2/4, 43.2 x 35.6 cm, 2019
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