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Surendran Nair
(1956)

Darwaza Kholo (Cuckoonebulopolis)



Born in 1956 in Onkkoor, Kerala, Surendran Nair did his BFA (Painting) from College of Fine Arts, Kerala in 1982 and Post Diploma (Printmaking) from M.S.U. Baroda four years later.

The artist, well known internationally, uses a mixture of traditional and contemporary imagery, including cinema posters and political graffiti, in his work. His paintings can be, in turn, mischievous, ironic and quizzical as they inject a gentle...



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  Lot 95 of 120  

SUMMER ONLINE AUCTION
12-13 JUNE 2019

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Winning Bid
Rs 7,20,360
$10,440

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Surendran Nair
Darwaza Kholo (Cuckoonebulopolis)

Signed and dated 'Surendran 2004' (lower right) and inscribed ''Darwaza Kholo (CUCKOONEBULOPOLIS)'' (lower left)
2004
Watercolour on paper
25.5 x 39 in (65 x 98.9 cm)

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Maharashtra

EXHIBITED
Divine Intervention, Mumbai: Akara Art, 8 September - 28 October 2017

PUBLISHED
Neville Tulli, Indian Contemporary Art: The Intutive Logic - From the Osians Collection at the World Economic Forum, Davos: World Economic Forum, 2011, p. 66 (illustrated)

Category: Painting
Style: Figurative


 









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