Baba Anand is an artist from India, presently living in New York. His unique style of collage portrays a rejuvenating freshness and originality. His religious pieces utilize vintage oleographs of Krsna and other Hindu deities that Baba decorates with materials such as sequins, crystals and gold and silver dust. These images are then displayed in colorful, highly decorative mattes, using flowers and other unusual three-dimensional objects.

Baba creates a charm that is in marked contrast to the traditional solemnity of religious icons. The effect of this whimsical and jubilant marriage of classical styles with a glitzy, stylish approach is at once spiritual and irreverent. These richly textured works, so vibrant and dramatic, represent a creative vision, which crosses boundaries and challenges assumptions. These powerful works of art are at once seductive and playful, challenging stereotypes and celebrating the power of the kitsch spirit.

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