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Dual purpose
Updated On: 01 May, 2012 07:01 AM IST | | The Guide Team
Pakistani artist Rashid Rana's works displayed at the exhibition Apposite/Opposite uses multiple visuals from diverse sources to present complex views in mosaic-like settings that give an appearance of duality. The GUIDE gives you a glimpse into some of his best works

Everything and Nothing
This work is about the abundance of knowledge present in the form of images and words. Thousands of European paintings from 16th to 19th century formulate a large image of two identical looking bookshelves. The images here are not really identical since one is a sharp image and the other appears blurred. The blurred view of the bookshelf is made of sharp images of the European paintings and the sharp image of the bookshelf is made with blurred pictures of the paintings. This triggers a constant experience of registering something and its absence. It also highlights the limitation of translation of verbal and visual languages.
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