Indoislamica| Modern Indian Art

Chowdry, Anita. Black Shamsa.

The design and structure of a twelve pointed shamsa is simplified using a palette of flat black with red outlines, offset from its central disc of silver and gold.

A contemporary painted illumination, mineral colours and gold on paper. 380 mm x 380 mm (15 x 15 ins).

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Chowdry, Anita. Classic Shamsa.

A carefully rendered shamsa, painted using natural pigments ground by hand from metals and minerals.

Classic illumination painted, mineral pigments and gold on Gampi paper. 365 mm x 360 mm (14.5 x 14 ins).

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Chowdry, Anita. Julia Dragon.

The Julia dragon was constructed using a computer programme called “Ultra Fractal” and is based on the classic Mandelbrot and Julia structures modified by a mathematician called Shigehiro Ushiki. The dragon or cloud shape comes from reiterated elements in exponentially growing and receding proportion.

Black & white print, digital fractal image using an “Ultrafractal” programme. 200 mm x 200 mm (7.8 x 7.8 ins).

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Chowdry, Anita. Shamsa geometry.

A study in geometry. Ruled lines of pure gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper build up a twelve pointed star which grows exponentially from the centre.

2008

Painted, gold and silver on indigo dyed paper (natural pigments). 370 mm x 370 mm (14.5 x 14.5 ins).

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Chowdry, Anita. Shamsa Installation.

The design and structure of a twelve pointed shamsa is used here for the stairwell installation of large steel structures, finished in white and mirror polish.

Laser-cut powder-coated steel, coated on both sides, contains holes for fixing - can be either wall-mounted or suspended. 1 m diameter (39.5 ins), 3mm thick steel.

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