• • Georgina Maddox introduces this 48-year-old Delhi artist (formerly based in New York City and Paris) who pays tribute to Salvador Dali — — and the Mae West couch — — through an exhibition of surreal tarot cards.
• • Georgina Maddox writes: He’s been called a surreal egoist, as eccentric in his art as in his behaviour, but Salvador Dali has never failed to move Indian artists to high emotion. Delhi-based Baba Anand is a die-hard fan, and his forthcoming exhibition is a tribute to the late Spanish artist. Called "The Major Arcana: A Fool’s Journey," the exhibition comprises 22 paintings of tarot cards, each of which is six-foot tall. The exhibition, at the Religare Arts in Connaught Place, opens this Saturday [17 April 2010].
• • Georgina Maddox adds: Major Arcana literally means “trumps” and it is a suite of 22 cards in tarot, which have occult or divinatory symbolism. Anand’s work draws references from some of Dali’s most important pieces like the Three Graces, the Mae West Couch, and Adonis. “I have been fascinated by the works of Dali since the age of 13, and I have been reading tarot cards for the last 10 years,” says the 48-year-old artist, explaining why he chose tarot cards as the medium to pay tribute to Dali. ...
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• • Article: "Dali Revisited"
• • By: Georgina Maddox
• • Published in: Indian Express
• • Published on: 14 April 2010
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