Up Close: Riya Chandiramani
By Angelique Santos
RIYA CHANDIRAMANI, Thank You Ji, 2022, acrylic and calligraphy ink on canvas, 91.5 × 160 cm. Courtesy the artist.
Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi are painted lounging on the back of the multiheaded serpentine demigod Shesha. Behind them, a propagandistic logo of the ubiquitous, Indian-produced milk-and-wheat biscuit Parle-G overcasts the psychedelic scene.
