Star Above Star Below

Name/Title

Star Above Star Below

Entry/Object ID

2016.026

Collection

Hundal Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Avinash Chandra

Date made

1962

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Height

39-1/4 in

Width

49 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Chandra borrows from Tantric Shiviate iconography in this painting in the Hundal collection. The lingam, thrusts upward into the ovum lodged between 2 round disks representing the breasts of the shakti. The fertilized ovum coincides with the creation of the universe.