Ashok Rajamani

AUTHOR + POET + ESSAYIST + ARTIST + ADVOCATE

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poetry + prose

poetry
"words, brewed and unbrewed."
flash fiction
"stories, thumb-sized."
essays
"Salman Rushdie uncovers the dream that imprisons."
"How a Drag King and the Carnival Stole the Show in the World's Greatest Poem."
fiction
"a sari-clad mom tries to ensure that her daughter becomes a hindu Lady Gaga."
"a boy finds self-adoration in a bath."
"why on earth would a brown american boy want to be an all-american star?"
"self-portrait: lazarusness," ink/graphite/canvas, 2010, 35" x 50"

"the wedding night(mare)," acrylic/oil/canvas, 1998, 11" x 17"

"visiting x." charcoal/ink/cardboard, 1997, 24" x 40"

"the technicolor leela," colored pencil, 2010, 22" x 35"

"d'avignon redux, " pastel/marker, 1996, 35" x 50"

"a windy city trance," colored pencil/pastel/charcoal, 2008, 11" x 17"

"untitled," charcoal/chalk/pencil, 2002, 24" x 30"

"self-portrait: madre," colored pastel/charcoal/marker, 2005, 10" x 18"

"why her sari," colored pencil, 2010, 24" x 36"

"sing sister singh," print/cloth, 2009, 8" x 20"

"unmask," watercolor, 1998, 48" x 60"

"lord krishna & lotus flute" ink/watercolor/marker, 2011, 11" x 17"

"arrogance in astor place," charcoal/pencil/chalk, 1995, 14" x 22"

"hypnogogica," acrylic/canvas, 1991, 45" x 60"

"friendly face," acrylic/canvas, 1990, 40" x 60"

"invented truths of the vanaprasta," charcoal, 2009, 18" x 24"

"ishan undone," charcoal, 2008, 18" x 24"

"twisted filthy liar," pastel/chalk, 2007, 30" x 52"

"self-portrait: survivor," acrylic/canvas, 2001, 18" x 24"

art gallery

When Ashok realized his brain hemorrhage had cut his vision permanently, he was devastated, thinking that he could never visually create again. But soon he discovered that the transformation in his sight was not the end, but rather the beginning of the transformation in his art.

Here are a few of his creations.

"self-portrait: tentacles" acrylic/oil/canvas, 2009, 50" x 65"

"self-portrait: such a craniotomite," acrylic/oil/canvas, 2010, 40" x 55"

"my vulgar darling," ink/marker/ charcoal, 1997, 11" x 17"

"bombay goddess gossip hymns," colored pencil, 1991, 18" x 24"

"nataraja," acrylic/canvas, 2004, 20" x 34"

"self-portrait: brain blur bejeweled," oil/ink/foil, 2008, 30" x 40"

"that obscene skull (red light special)," colored pencil/pastel paint/paper, 2004, 35" x 55"

"india," oil/canvas, 2005, 25" x 45"

"self-portrait: time through entombment," acrylic/oil/canvas, 2009, 65" x 75"


"latina de la okiya," charcoal/pastel, 2009, 24" x 36"

"enter latex showgirl," charcoal/pastel 1999, 20"x 40"

"self-portrait: horseshoe souvenir," digital photo, 2001, 11" x 20"

"blood piss," pastel paint/acrylic, 1996, 45" x 70"

"self-portrait: in utero," acrylic/7-piece canvas, 2006, 50" x 80"

"self-portrait: vishwaroopa," digital painting, 2011, 8" x 11"