Iconic Idiosyncrasies
Androgyny, mixed media on paper, 42x36 inches charcoal, ink and graphite, with silk screen

Iconic Idiosyncrasies

Artist: Jogen Chowdhury Mona Lisa of my Dream Artist: Subodh Gupta https://taniasen.com/death-of-an-icon/The contemporary artist today may act a little like a rebel without a cause at times…it is not to…

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Bindas Bourgeois
Tania Sen with Louis Bourgeois @ MOMA

Bindas Bourgeois

"Bindas" is the quality of effortless spontaneity.  It is the humor in Bourgeois's works that faces the truth with mild detachment which is perhaps the most attractive element of Bourgeois’ work!  Having dealt with taboos in her own life, she is the rare woman who deals with sexuality with disarming, albeit slightly comical candidness. 

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Data Rush
Childhood, digital sketch of sculpture designed with rotary saw

Data Rush

Data Rush is an attempt of a conversation.  An attempt to make meaning out of a surge of facts and figures, an excess of opinions and polarized impressions…a transmission of sorts with blips, glitches and dropped messages…an attempt of an expression…

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Nothing is Real
I'm a Lot Like You, mixed media on reclaimed canvas, 36x36 inches @ Alfa Art Gallery, 2016

Nothing is Real

“Living is easy with eyes closedMisunderstanding all you seeIt's getting hard to be someoneBut it all works out.” Lovelies Love Is... at Alfa Art Gallery mixed media on reclaimed canvas,…

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Masks

Masks have been used in cultures across the globe during celebrations or initiation ceremonies.  The persona, according to Carl Jung, was the social face the individual presented to the world—"a…

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