Mirrors of the street
Holy cow oil on canvas, 100 x 135 cm
Ring Road oil on canvas, 135 x 180 cm
Indian mind mixed media, 50 x 65 cm
Love & Peace mixed media, 50 x 65 cm
Stick No Bills oil on canvas, 135 x 180 cm
PLEASE PUT OFF YOUR SHOES HERE oil on canvas, 100 x 110 cm
Ganesh oil on canvas, 135 x 180 cm
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR SHOES HERE acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Lotus acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Meditation acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
STOP LOOK & GO oil on canvas, 135 x 180 cm
8 million lingams acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
On the road 1 acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
On the road 2 acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Rickshaw 1 oil on canvas, 100 x 110 cm
Rickshaw 2 oil on canvas, 100 x 110 cm
Rickshaw 3 oil on canvas, 110 x 100 cm
Varanasi in red acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Varanasi in blue acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Women at Ghat acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Windows 1 acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Windows 2 acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Windows 3 acrylic on paper, 50 x 65 cm
Chaiwallah oil on canvas, 185 x 150 cm
In India my paintings almost always referred to the walls with which people tried to demarcate their own territory. The public used them to paste all kinds of messages, posters of Hindi films and election slogans. Sometimes a part of a wall served as an altar. The Untouchables stuck cow dung to walls and let it dry and then use it as building material and fuel. Walls acted as mirrors of the street. The light in India had a special yellow-orange glow and usually mixed with the dust from the sandy roads and the smoke of burnt dirt.
Before moving to New Delhi, I had already been to the State of Gujarat for three months. That trip made a deep impression on me, which I captured in a series of watercolours.
New Delhi 1990 - 1992