Hamid Ali Hanbhi
The cost you pay, 2025
Oil, Pashmina and stitching on canvas
55x105 inches
This painting contrasts beauty with brutality, drawing from the myth of Shah Jahan severing the hands of the Taj Mahal’s artisans. The Taj, often seen as a monument to love,...
This painting contrasts beauty with brutality, drawing from the myth of Shah Jahan severing the hands of the Taj Mahal’s artisans. The Taj, often seen as a monument to love, finds a parallel in this visual, both tied to devotion, sacrifice, and irreversible loss. The delicate pashmina chador beneath the image deepens this contrast, its softness at odds with the harsh tragedy of the act depicted. The painting questions the romanticized weight of love and the cost it demands.
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