Kali Yuga by NFN Kalyan

This piece is a high quality photo of a 6 panel oil painting. The painting was created by combining elements from other artists paintings including raphael, rubens, caravaggio and others. I got the idea to combine elements like this from hip hop music where ""sampling"" is prevalent. These elements are juxtaposed to create my view on the world today. In the upper left panel, figures converse and write. these figures are primarily based on raphael In the middle upper panel shiva is blended together with jesus into one deity. In the upper right panel figures again are talking, ignoring what is happening below them. this has elements of rembrandt and michelangelo as well as raphael. In ...View all