Defamatory paintings of Kali mata in Saffronart’s auction!

By Staff Reporter

Painting (1) named Kali by Tayeb Mehta

Painting (2) named Kali by Tayeb Mehta

Mumbai: Two defamatory paintings of Kali Mata by Tayeb Mehta are for auction in Saffron Art Gallery Online Exhibition.

The “artistic intepretation” is depicting Sree Kalimata as a symbol of violence. Also, the paintings in themselves are very sickening in contrast to Devi’s divine beauty; they show Sree Kalimata as a bloodthirsty, unforgiving terrorist, and the demons slayed by Her as some helpless victims.

A news item on moneycontrol.com says –

It’s hot this summer, no doubt, but it’s about to get hotter with millions worth of Indian art going under the hammer, reports CNBC-TV18.  Saffron art’s back with its Modern Indian Art Auction and the work that’s topping the chart is a 1989 painting called ‘Kali’ by artist Tyeb Mehta. The work is estimated to sell between whopping Rs 3.5-4.5 crore.

The auction will be held online on June 6 and 7.

This auction also contains paintings of M.F. Hussain.

Link of Online Auction:
http://saffronart.com/auction/2007/sumauc7/sm07junac/auctionhome.asp?eid=61

Contact Details:

Email: [email protected]

India
Saffron Art Pvt. Ltd.
Industry Manor, 3rd Floor
Prabhadevi
Mumbai 400 025
India
Tel:  (91 22) 2436 4113
Fax: (91 22) 2432 1187
Email: [email protected]

USA
Saffronart
595 Madison Avenue, Suite 900
New York, NY 10022
Tel:  (212) 627 5006
Fax: (212) 627 5008
Email: [email protected]

Planet Saffron Inc.
751 S. Weir Canyon Rd 157 PMB 162
Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 – 1800

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