As I see it » Indian Shanty Towns http://www.sandsollom.com Art by Sarah Sollom Sun, 10 Apr 2022 12:06:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 Dhobi http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=89 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=89#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:21:43 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=89 Wherever there is water, there are people washing clothes and themselves.  It seems to be a full time occupation for many.  The women’s saris are usually immaculate and children go to school looking spotless.  The writing on the building at the front says ‘PRESS OF SARIES…..ALL WORKS DONE WITH LATEST MACHINE WITH SAHSFICAION IN OUR SHOP’.   ‘satisfaction’ – Love it!  I photographed that on the front wall of a laundry in a town I was in.

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=89 0 Madurai Shanty http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=92 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=92#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:15:27 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=92 This was a commission and the customer wanted it in landscape.

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=92 0 Shanty life http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=337 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=337#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:14:04 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=337 This was a huge picture, a commissioned piece.  I had such fun as it developed.

I would happily create more and more of these!

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=337 0 Shanty Abstract http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=96 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=96#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:00:22 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=96 I started with an abstract skyline but the foreground is always representational.

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=96 0 Mumbai Shanty Town http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=35 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=35#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:52:02 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=35 This is bigger than my first Shanty Town.  That one sold so quickly at the last exhibition that I thought I’d do another for the next.  Well, any excuse!

 

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=35 0 Tamil Shanty Town http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=32 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=32#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:46:46 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=32 These pictures began with newspapers which I collected around India.  I love the different scripts and I soon found a use for them as high rise buildings.

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=32 0 Ganges Twilight http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=68 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=68#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:43:38 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=68 In this picture I am depicting the fragility of the little community in the foreground compared with the mighty skyscrapers in the background.  I also embellished the frame and mount with bits of Hindi script.

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=68 0 Shanty Sunrise http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=21 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=21#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:17:26 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=21

 

Daybreak and the day’s tasks begin.

With its crazy, chaotic background, this collage could be described as semi-abstract.

Double-click to enlarge and try to read the words on the picture.  Those bits were grafted from photos.  On the right hand side of the building at the front it says ‘are done with latest machines with sahsfacaion in our shop’!

Collage is such fun to do. Sometimes I have to buy something I don’t particularly like, because I need the packaging – in this case the mesh bag!  Kiwi fruit anyone?

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=21 0 Kolkata Shanty http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=399 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=399#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:16:06 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=399 When I found a huge frame, I couldn’t resist buying it, to create another Shanty Town.  I sold it quite quickly!

]]> http://www.sandsollom.com/?feed=rss2&p=399 0 Ganges Women http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=106 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=106#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:14:18 +0000 http://www.sandsollom.com/?p=106 In India a woman’s work is never done.

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