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Frames of meaning: the space-frame in Bacon (2017)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2017). Frames of meaning: the space-frame in Bacon. Interiors, 8, 73--85. https://doi.org/10.1080/20419112.2017.1374025

A common motif in Francis Bacon{\textquoteright}s work is the use of a space-frame that is typically a three-dimensional structuring device mapped around a whole or partial figure. Each iteration differs with respect to the form it takes, materiality... Read More about Frames of meaning: the space-frame in Bacon.

The Animal Surfaces: The Gaping Mouth in Francis Bacon's Work (2017)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2017). The Animal Surfaces: The Gaping Mouth in Francis Bacon's Work. Visual Anthropology, 30, 328--343. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2017.1333363

Among the most popular motifs in Francis Bacon{\textquoteright}s painting is the gaping mouth. In some works the expression appears to be a scream, while elsewhere the mouth is open, replete with upper and lower teeth, but beyond that it is unclear w... Read More about The Animal Surfaces: The Gaping Mouth in Francis Bacon's Work.

Rethinking Black Art as a Category of Experience (2017)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2017). Rethinking Black Art as a Category of Experience. Visual culture in Britain, 18, 163--175. https://doi.org/10.1080/14714787.2017.1328986

Black art was a widely used category in the late 1970s and 1980s to describe the artwork of British people of South Asian, African or African-Caribbean descent. There are numerous problems associated with the collective labelling of such a group, not... Read More about Rethinking Black Art as a Category of Experience.

Inter-generational perspectives on caste: A Hindu Punjabi study (2017)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2017). Inter-generational perspectives on caste: A Hindu Punjabi study. Contemporary South Asia, 25, 285--300. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2017.1315364

Caste in its manifold aspects has been a feature of studies about the Indian subcontinent. In the last few decades scholarship has begun to examine the impact that caste has had on culture in the diasporas. This article is a study of inter-generation... Read More about Inter-generational perspectives on caste: A Hindu Punjabi study.

The influence of Roy de Maistre on Francis Bacon (2017)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2017). The influence of Roy de Maistre on Francis Bacon. Religion and the Arts, 21, 607--622. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685292-02105001

Very little is said about the Australian artist Roy de Maistre in scholarship on Francis Bacon, apart from the fact that he provided guidance about painting processes and other technical issues. There are a number of reasons for this and this article... Read More about The influence of Roy de Maistre on Francis Bacon.

Abjection interrogated: Uncovering the relation between abjection and disgust (2017)
Journal Article
Arya, R. (2017). Abjection interrogated: Uncovering the relation between abjection and disgust. https://doi.org/10.5617/jea.4337

Julia Kristeva{\textquoteright}s theory of abjection, as propounded in Powers of Horror, emphasises the centrality of the repulsion caused by bodily experience in human life, and explains behaviours in and attitudes to our environment. The phenomenol... Read More about Abjection interrogated: Uncovering the relation between abjection and disgust.