signatures.

i'm fascinated when i see a trace of a fingerprint lying around, say on a strip of tape. because you just wonder, who this belongs to? what was the gender, the name, the background? how'd he leave this tape, why'd he leave this tape? what did she wear? what was he thinking? where'd she go after accidentally leaving one of her most signature marks for the world to possibly exploit.

i found a set of paintings, they're beautiful and completely un-photoshopped.









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the artist explains, "A thumb impression is used in India in place of a signature by people who are illiterate.
It started with an advertising idea and it went all the way to an exhibition. A campaign created for an NGO called Vidya. They have been empowering women & children in Delhi, Mumbai and Goa for over 25 years. A series of painting were created only using thumb impression and stamp-ink. With me was Subashish Dutta, a great painter and human being. It took us several nights creating them. And the best part, we made them as painting and less as posters. No Photoshop was used creating them. Later on, two of the paintings were selected for the Indo-Korean Art Exhibition, 2006."

splendid.