Artist
Raqib Shaw
Indian, b. 1974
Raqib Shaw is an Indian artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Raqib Shaw was born in Kolkata.
Raqib Shaw (born 1974) is an Indian artist based in London. He is known for his opulent and intricate paintings of imagined paradises, inlaid with vibrantly coloured jewels and enamel. His paintings and sculptures evoke the work of Old Masters such as Holbein and Bosch, whilst drawing on multifarious sources, from mythology and religion to poetry, literature, art history, textiles and decorative arts from both eastern (including Indian) and western traditions, all infused with the artist's imagination.
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