0:02:59
del.icio.us
Digg
Facebook
Google
Google Buzz
MySpace
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Twitter
Yahoo
Contributor:
San Jose Museum of Art
Babble On. | Login
Babble On. | Login
Timestamp: 0:02:36 | 
Permalink to this note
A sari or saree or shari is a female garment in the Indian Subcontinent. A sari is a strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine meters in length that is draped over the body in various styles. The most common style is for the sari to be wrapped around the waist, with one end then draped over the shoulder baring the midriff.
Channels: Contemporary ArtPainting
Artists: Bari Kumar
Themes: InspirationMaterials and Process
Bari Kumar was born in 1966 in Nellore, India and currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. His work of art, Blind Faith was created in 2009 as a commission by the San Jose Museum of Art.
Of the piece he stated in an interview:
"The image has a reference to the virgin Mary from the western world, but with the addition of the bindi on her forehead, instantly becomes an Indian figure. The blindfold works again to draw the attention to the cloth as well as the aspect of being unseen."
"There is a character in the Indian epic, Mahabharata called Gandhari. Her husband who is the king was blind, so she takes it upon herself to wear the blindfold so as to not see the world that her husband can not see."
During the creation of Blind Faith Kumar kept a video diary explaining the process that he went through to construct the piece. The San Jose Museum of Art edited the video into this segment.
Blind Faith, 2009
Cotton, cardboard, and Plexiglas
Post new comment