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Ajay Kurian

Comfort Zone #2 (Enlightenment)

21st century

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Ajay Kurian

Comfort Zone #2 (Enlightenment)

21st century

Physical Qualities Wood, plexiglass, brass beads, resin, custom M&Ms, digital c-prints, reindeer moss, snail shell, paint, copper wire, magic sculpt, seashells, dragon balls, marbles, LED light fixtures, 17 3/4 × 51 × 14 1/4 in. (45.1 × 129.5 × 36.2 cm.)
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Object Number 2025.377
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2025; Private Collection by purchase, November 11, 2014; 47 Canal Gallery, New York
White Flag Projects, "Ajay Kurian: The Childhood of Jesus," March 26, 2016 to May 7, 2016.

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BY SAME ARTIST
CONTEMPORARY ART
CORNER IN SAINT-OUEN
Auguste Brouet
Coin de zone à Saint-Ouen
1908
YES SIR, IN EXCHANGE FOR A SMALL PREMIUM WITH OUR INSURANCE, YOU CAN BE ASSURED FOR DEATH....FOR DEATH IN A PROPER GENTLEMANLY MANNER. WHEN YOU GO OFF IN A FINE HEARSE, VERY COMFORTABLE, TO BE MOURNED BY THE POOR PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT, AND LEAVING AN INCONSOLABLE WIDOW IN GOLDEN LETTERS ON YOUR GRAVE.... - AND IF YOU DON'T KEEP YOUR PROMISES? - THEN YOU CAN STILL GIVE US A RECEIPT AND SUE US BEFORE A TRIBUNAL.
Honoré Daumier
Yes sir, in exchange for a small premium with our insurance, you can be assured for death....for death in a proper gentlemanly manner. When you go off in a fine hearse, very comfortable, to be mourned by the poor people of the district, and leaving an inconsolable widow in golden letters on your grave.... - And if you don't keep your promises? - Then you can still give us a receipt and sue us before a tribunal.
1837