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Item: Untitled (Don't See, Don't Hear, Don't Speak)
2017-2018
Sculpture, 134,5 x 84 x 92 cm.
Materials: Polymer resin, wood
Collection: Courtesy Aarti Lohia.
[...] the artist revisits her photographic series, ‘Don’t See Don’t Hear Don’t Speak’ (2006) to create a sculpture in which three identical people encircle one another, each concealing the other’s eyes, ears or mouth. Based on a Japanese proverb made popular by Mahatma Gandhi, the work sits within the context of our current changing political landscape and recent wave of separatism – a present force in the artists own home country, where agencies are often suppressed for their views. Creating a potent dialogue with other pieces [...], Gupta’s sculpture offers a powerful reflection on freedom of expression. The artist continues: “Time and again, like where we are at today, voices of truth cause discomfort and stand truncated, however the resonances stay and they continue to be heard".
YARAT CENTRE: Shilpa Gupta – FOR, IN YOUR TONGUE, I CAN NOT FIT Solo Show, In: YARAT Contemporary Art Space, 2018.
