Art Mandai 2020 used this image of Saaz Aggarwal to promote the event in mainstream Pune media. The clipping shown here appeared in Times of India's Pune Times on 24 January 2020.
When the theme is harvest, the motifs are grain, fish, eggs, fruit, flowers and leaves. But also lice, snakes and blessings. And the urgent need to support farmers.
The Velvet Underground’s 1967 debut album had a controversial cover by Andy Warhol: the image of a banana with a “Peel Slowly And See” instruction. The banana peel was a sticker that revealed a flesh-coloured fruit beneath. This piece presents a pale imitation of Andy Warhol’s banana, embellished with crotchet flowers created from audio cassette tape. It was purchased by a British visitor to Mandai on 26 January 2019.
This work was part of an exhibition at Art2Day Gallery, Pune, on the occasion of Women’s Day 8 March 2017. Click the image to read more. Acrylic on discarded plastic pipe, 2017. Dimensions: diameter 2” x height 2’. For sale. Rs12,000.