Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Modern and Contemporary Art | March 2008

152 120 Arunanshu Choudhury (b.1969) Untitled S/d in Devanagari,‘Arunanshu 2000’ l.c. Oil on Canvas, 2000 48.0 x 42.0 in (121.9 x 106.7 cm) INR 320,000 – 400,000 USD 8,000 – 10,000 ‘ Images, both conscious and subconscious, real and subterranean, area continuum of Arunanshu’s own past. There are times when the artist might have painted, obliterated and painted-over, once again. This palimpsesting of events is in no way an erasure or subtraction; every stroke is an affirmation of a moment which actually existed in somebody’s life or during the course of creativity.’ – Anahite Contractor rpt. in Falling Up Arunanshu Chowdhury The Guild Art Gallery ExC. 2001.