Harvard Art Museums > 2009.110: A Sikh Artist in his Studio Photographs Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"A Sikh Artist in his Studio (Malkiat Singh) , 2009.110,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/326433. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.110 People Malkiat Singh (born 1974) Title A Sikh Artist in his Studio Classification Photographs Work Type photograph Date c. 2005 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India, Northern India Culture Indian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/326433 Physical Descriptions Medium Photograph, printed on Epson archival paper Technique Ink jet digital print Dimensions 40.64 x 71.12 cm (16 x 28 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased by Conley Harris and Howard Truelove from the Vadehra Art Gallery, D-178 Okhla Industrial Area Phase 1, New Delhi 110020 91-11 65474005/6 www.vadehraart.com Sent directly from Vadehra to Harvard Art Museum for gift consideration. Shipped directly from Vadehra Gallery to 32 Quincy St. Exhibited at Vadehra Art Gallery March 1-29, 2008 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection Accession Year 2009 Object Number 2009.110 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This horizontally oriented photograph depicts a painter working in his studio. The artist is shown standing just to the left of the center of the composition, with brush in hand. He is surrounded on all sides with images of Sikhs, from the saintly subject of his large painting, to a cardboard cut out of a heroic warrior carrying a sword emerging from the left, to the small portrait bust sitting on the stand behind him. The overall effect of these figures, real and replicated, creates a playful trompe l’oeil within the image. The energy and mood of the photograph is further heightened by the brilliant use of color and the Carravaggesque light enterring the composition from an outside source at the lower right and bouncing of the backs of the two seated men watching the artist. That light source is visually referenced and extended by the fields of bright yellow pigment used in the painting, forming a seat cover, the vest of the man in the foreground and halo on the central figure. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
