Wedding Jange II

Location

Country: India
City: New Delhi
Place: British High Commission

Blending aspects of traditional Indian culture and contemporary British life, the style and format of The Singh Twins' works are inspired by Mughal miniature painting. Set within modern Liverpool (the artists' home), 'Wedding "Jange" II' depicts a British Asian wedding, with the groom's family departing on the "jange" or procession, to the bride's house. Interested in the Eastern and Western cultures present in modern Britain, The Singh Twins depict figures of all ages and all nationalities, representing the fusion of traditions in multicultural Britain.

Places

England, Liverpool, Merseyside, River Mersey

Subjects

horseback, bicycle, bus, windscreen, car, aeroplane, drum (as subject), camera, dance, drinking, television, ball, topography, townscape/cityscape, plant, flower, tree, fish, horse, cat, cloud, river, Indian, elderly woman, boy, baby, man, woman, girl, crowd, celebration, 20th century costume, vest, spectacles, turban, Coca Cola, telephone, can, plate, ice cream, chips, pea, wedding, sword, glass, road, lawn, aerial, lamp post, pavement, house, church, window, staircase, domestic interior, chair, table (as Subject), ship

Materials & Techniques

gold dust, paper (as artists material), poster paint, gouache (as artists material), mixed media (art object)

Artist

The Singh Twins

Title

Wedding Jange II

Date

1991

Medium

Poster paint, gouache and gold dust on paper

Dimensions

width: 55.00 cm, height: 37.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the artists, May 2005

Inscription

bl: AMRIT KAUR SINGH. 1991.

GAC number

18021