How Does Aryan Nandakishor Patil’s Art Explore the Connection Between Dwarf Figures in Indian Temples and Social Inequality?

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A sculpture by Aryan Nandakishor Patil featuring a red, dripping figure seated on a traditional base, juxtaposed with a black-and-white portrait of the artist standing amidst a bamboo structure.

Aryan Nandakishor Patil is an artist whose practice dug deep into the rough soil of our social issues rooted in labor rights and social inequality somewhere out of Indian traditional temple architecture. His inspiration also comes from the dwarf figures often represented in Indian temples that are depicted as holding beams, platforms, etc. Although these […]

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