The Durgas 

In the series, The Durgas, tiny (about the size of postage stamps) images in an Italian exercise book published in 1920s provided the base information. In the process of enlarging the pictures, the information which was already quite degraded was transferred several times in jpeg format--each image a slightly different combination and process--to produce the rich visual texture of the final large-scale prints. Though they appear to be b+w, color is subtly embedded within the blacks and whites, again differently for each piece. The group was produced over a period of a year. As the figures gathered and hung in my studio (below) , they seemed to form a circle of guardian-like figures. When I stumbled upon a description of the Indian goddesses called durgas, the name stuck.

alight within, photo-relief.

Archival inkjet prints, 22 x 50 inches

Bhavani, photo-relief.

Archival inkjet prints, 45 1/2  x 32 1/2 inches

Maquette, 8 x 6 inches

Parvati, photo-relief.

Archival inkjet prints, 48 x 34 inches

Maquette, 8.25 x 6 inches

Uma photo-relief.

Archival inkjet prints, 48 x 39 inches

Maquette, 8 1/2 x 6 inches

Jagatmata, photo-relief.

Archival inkjet prints, 47 x 34 inches

Maquette, 9 x 6 inches

Shailaja, photo-relief.

Archival inkjet prints, 51 x 33 inches

Maquette, 9 x 5 1/2 inches

Himavati, photo-relief.

Archival inkjet prints, 42 x 30 inches

Maquette, 8 x 6 inches

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