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Trussed Bull
1956
A bound animal becomes an image of physical helplessness, already carrying the tension that will define Mehta’s figures.
Artist field note
Tyeb Mehta
The body caught at the instant of fracture.
Appears inIndia
The five in one idea
Mehta found a visual grammar for rupture - falling, binding, splitting - that made modern history feel bodily.