Gilded Head

This artwork featured in Shakti (2013). 

One of India’s most celebrated contemporary artists, Ravinder Reddy fuses the sculptural tradition with a contemporary pop sensibility. Gilded Head refers to the western perception of an exotic India. Its heraldic presence, in this context, reinforces the opulence of Kedleston and refers to the luxuriance of a certain strand of Indian arts and crafts.

Image: Ravinder Reddy, Gilded Head, Polyester resin fibreglass and paint, installation view, Shakti, Kedleston Hall, 2013. Image courtesy Meadow Arts. 

 

About the artist

Ravinder Reddy

Ravinder Reddy exhibited in Shakti, Kedleston Hall, 2014.

Image: Ravinder Reddy, Gilded Head. Polyester resin fibreglass and paint. Courtesy the Frank Cohen Collection.