Wednesday 18 May 2016

Indian Art




The beginning of my stealing.... (3rd August, 2012).


In response to Mark's question, this is the kind of temple that I found this sculpture on in my trip to Karnataka in 2014.










I had been told in my Indian Art History degree that Hoysala sculpture wasn't very refined. I wasn't expecting much, so I got  a big surprise.









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  1. Mark Mandel18 May 2016 at 15:15

    Did you see this at a temple in India?

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  2. Tamsin18 May 2016 at 15:20

    Yes, I took the photo. A Hoysala temple in Karnataka in 2014...

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    1. Mark Mandel18 May 2016 at 15:29

      That's great! I've always wanted to see them live, but haven't made the trip yet. The spirit of the statues definitely lives on in your wonderful art!

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  3. Tamsin18 May 2016 at 15:34

    It's the spirit of them, that's the interesting thing. I had no idea how to respond to all this, I just kept looking and waiting. The trip in 2014 and the finding of these sculptures opened it all up.... I realised that I wasn't really interested in the gods (which tended to be very static) but in all the teeming dancing gyrating musical life around them....

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