Bharti Kher is a contemporary artist who is renown for her work with bindi or bindis, sometimes called the third eye or the “dot” worn by Indian women. Kher works as a painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Her sculptures are often life size works of very large animals such as elephants.
The artist began to use the bindi in the mid 1990s.
Price range information: Most works range from $40,000 to $400,000. Occasionally photographs can be found for less than $10,000.
Bharti Kher was born in London, England in the year 1969.
Her flat works often include bindis glued to wood panel.
In this clip a very large elephant that takes 7 or 8 people to carry is taken to Sotheby’s to get ready for an auction:
Kher is now based out of New Delhi, India.
Below a longer interview with Bharti Kher from 2014:
I always enjoy when items from a culture or country are included in artwork. That is why I so enjoy Inuit and Shona art. Kher work has a great sense of culture and humanity.
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