Pushpamala N, from ‘Atlas of Rare and Lost Alphabets’ (2015-2018)
‘Atlas of Rare and Lost Alphabets’ is a set of 100 copperplate sculptures, each a unique piece inscribed with rare scripts from the Indian sub-continent, etched onto copper sheets and treated with patinas to look like ancient relics.
Image © Pushpamala N.
Pushpamala N has been called ‘the most entertaining artist-iconoclast of contemporary Indian art’. She seeks to subvert the dominant discourse through her sharp and witty work as a photo and video artist, sculptor, writer, curator and provocateur. She lives in Bengaluru.