February 6 - 9 | New Delhi

  • One and Three Carpets

    RASHID RANA

    INDIA ART FAIR

    2025

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Aspura’s debut exhibition is a solo project by Rashid Rana, widely recognised as one of the leading artists working in South Asia today. His triptych includes the first in a series of new carpets designed by the artist, and the rare Kashan rug that inspired it. Connecting the highly pixelated and antique carpets is a specially commissioned photomosaic by Rana, The One and Many, which comprises thousands of tiny images of antique carpets from the archive of Yogesh Chaudhary. The trompe l'oeil effect gives the illusion that the viewer is looking at just one carpet when in fact they are viewing an entire private collection.

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The One and Many Inkjet on dibond
110” x 150”
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The One and Many
Inkjet on dibond
110 x 150 Inches
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Pieces of One
2025, Rajasthan
Bamboo Silk and Silk
64 knots per square inch
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Kashan Rug
Circa 1920, Iran
Silk
196 Knots
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Together, the three pieces in Rana’s installation pay homage to One and Three Chairs, the celebrated 1965 work by Joseph Kosuth that consists of a chair, a photograph of the same chair and a dictionary definition of the word “chair”. Taking its name from this early piece of conceptual art, Rana’s One and Three Carpets similarly explores the decorative arts and the evolving interpretation of the carpet as an object of design.