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The Spectre of Craft
Seetharam Venkata Vallabhaneni
The Spectre of Craft
Seetharam Venkata Vallabhaneni

The Spectre of Craft is a set of three digital collages showing craftsmen from different parts of India gathering around everyday furnitures, discussing an architectural project. These are everyday furnitures with no symbolism attached to them inherently. Traced on the paper they becomes a shape, the same done with respect to a certain ratio they becomes a scaled drawing. Rendered in gold leaf they are now elevated into “sacred” surfaces. These works combine the tradition and symbology embedded within the Indian miniature school of painting and the Renaissance paintings, specifically the frescoes of Giotto in Assisi to compositionally and symbolically elevate everyday furnitures.