Tuk tuk with abstract iPad painting

Made:
2017 in London
maker:
Chila Kumari Singh Burman

Giclee print 'Tuk tuk with abstract iPad painting' produced from an iPad painting by Chila Kumari Burman, 2017, showing a tuk tuk underneath abstract coloured lines. The frame embellished with mirror pieces.

The tuk tuk has been a common form of transport in India since the late nineteenth century. Here it is the focus of one of 29 works produced by Burman as a commission to accompany the Science Museum’s ‘Illuminating India’ season in 2017-18. The works respond to objects and narratives in the history of science in India particularly to the exhibition ‘5000 Years of Science and Innovation’, as well as to the wider religious and cultural history of the sub-continent. This was Burman's first significant engagement with the history of science and medicine, with the works ranging across print, collage, photography and mixed-media, including experiments with iPad technology.

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
2019-151
Materials:
giclee print, somerset velvet paper
Measurements:
overall: 325 mm x 427 mm x 40 mm,
type:
print, ipad painting
credit:
Commissioned by the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, 2017