Chintan Upadhyay, the provocateur and rebel

Updated On: 23 December, 2015 10:00 AM IST | | Benita Fernando

<p>Relying on the sensational but only to strike a dialogue, Chintan Upadhyay, say his contemporaries, wanted the viewer to sit up and take notice</p>

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Chintan Upadhyay, the provocateur and rebel

In Baar Baar Kitni Baar, Chintan Upadhyay displayed petrol-blasted canvases, video projections of fire and drawings — all as a response to the Godhra carnage of 2002. The year was 2005 and the place was Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda, when Upadhyay nude, eyes closed in a meditative stance, permitted viewers to smear haldi on him.

A work from Chintan Upadhyay’s latest exhibit, Gandi Baat