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THE THREE MARYS
A Pen Work Reproduction of Julia Margaret Cameron's 1864 Photograph The Three Marys, pen work reproduction on cartridge paper — 20 x 23.5 in, mounted and glass black framed. Available at KSHMEER. Some paintings hide a joke, or a private code, inside a serious subject. Few pull it off as neatly as the photograph behind this piece, a picture built entirely around a coincidence its creator refused to waste. This pen reproduction brings that quiet joke, and the reverent image bu

Zaeem Uddin
Sep 75 min read


DARPAN SUNDARI: a mirror across time
Darpan Sundari, contemporary interpretation by Nzanti — 17 x 12 in, acrylic on prepared board. Available at KSHMEER. There is a particular kind of stillness that comes over you when you stand in front of a woman looking into a mirror. It is one of the oldest gestures in art — vanity, self-knowledge, a private moment made public. Nzanti's piece Darpan Sundari, part of KSHMEER's collection, takes that gesture and renders it in bold, near-total silhouette: black against a smould

Zaeem Uddin
Aug 194 min read
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