Still image from the video 'Olympia' by George Chakravarthi
Date
11 January 2015, 14:18:19
Place of creation
London, UK
Exhibition history
(For the original video) Royal College of Art 2003, British Council (Queens Gallery) New Delhi 2004, Victoria and Albert Museum London 2009 and others
Notes
Androgynous Chakravarthi in the role of the "mistress" (Olympia) with a white man as the servant. Roles are switched compared with the work by Manet in terms of gender and race.
Source/Photographer
Personal email from the copyright owner George Chakravarthi, creator of the original video artwork and the still image taken from it
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