ANITA DUBE (B. 1958)

Anita Dube has used the enamel eyes found on Hindu idols to create her sculptures and installations for over ten years. These eyes are the last attribute to be placed on a sculpture of a Hindu god and the sculpture is only considered alive once this final piece has been placed. The artist states, "I found that when you have a cluster of them [eyes] they carry the energy and charge of crowds of people. The sense of being in crowded places even messy dirty places, an attraction to the violent energy present in these situations, which is either revolutionary or fascist, is the reason I continue to explore this material." (Interview with Peter Nagy, iCON/India Contemporary, at the Venice Biennale 2005; Bose Pacia, New York, 2005 p. 23)