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Dimensions and Pricing
| Painting Orientation - Portrait | Small | Medium | Large | Massive |
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| Artist Signed Giclee Canvas - Limited Edition (150 Prints) |
34'' x 24'' $295 |
38'' x 26'' $375 |
42'' x 30'' $450 |
54'' x 38'' $650 |
| Textured Water Colour - Giclee Fine Art Print |
28'' x 20'' $145 |
38'' x 26'' $229 |
42'' x 30'' $289 |
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| Enhanced Matte - Giclee Fine Art Print |
28'' x 20'' $59 |
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*All sizes are in inches. Prices are in Canadian Dollars.
Print Types
Canvas Prints
Giclee prints on 100% cotton Canvas offers museum quality prints which produce vibrant colours to look like an original oil painting. The Limited Edition Canvas prints are hand-signed by the artist and are part of a Limited Edition series. Please click here for more information on Canvas Prints.
Textured Water Colour Prints
Giclee prints on Hahnemuhle William Turner an acid-free 100% cotton water color paper with luxurious weight that delivers museum quality appearance. Please click here for more information on Water Colour Prints.
Enhanced Matte Print
Fine Art Prints on Epson Enhanced Matte Paper is an un-textured bright, white paper which yields highly saturated images for a 'painterly' look. Please click here for more information on Water Colour Prints.
Painting Description
“The initial crime was celebrated and indeed had been planned a year before hand. The army went into Darbar Sahib not to eliminate a political figure or a political movement but to suppress a culture of people, to attack their heart, to strike a blow at their spirit and self confidence.... The army which had suffered a heavy toll in the 3 days of battle went berserk and killed every Sikh man, women and child who could be found inside the temple complex. They were hauled out of the rooms, brought to corridors on the circumference of the temple and with their hands tied behind their backs, were shot in cold blood." Pettigrew, Joyce. "The Sikhs of the Punjab: Unheard Voices of the State and Guerilla Violence" (1995), p. 8.
This painting commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Indian government's assault on the Golden Temple - the Durbar Sahib - of Amritsar in June 1984, during the Gurpurab of Guru Arjan's Martyrdom. The tragic events, the criminal actions of Indira Gandhi's regime, and the anti-Sikh pogroms, all in 1984 - as well as the ongoing brutalities by the Indian military across the Punjab countryside in the years that followed - have collectively gone down in history as The Third Sikh Ghallughara/ Holocaust.
Kanwar's painting portrays the Sixth Guru, Hargobind - who erected the Akal Takht in the 17th century as the seat of Sikh Temporal Authority - as well as scenes from 1984.
The twin flags - nishaans - that perennially fly outside the Akal Takht, represent the concept of Miri-Piri as taught by Guru Hargobind: the duty of each Sikh to balance his and her spiritual obligations with temporal responsibilities.
Similarly, the two swords of Guru Hargobind represent the dual obligations of Miri Piri - further emphasized through the dual concept of Degh-Tegh: The Kettle & the Sword, symbolizing each Sikh's duty to feed the poor and protect the weak!
