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While this new body of work continues Ramesh’s interests in syncretic languages specific to South Asia and the histories of figurative sculpture related to Hindu, Buddhist and Christian frameworks, there are various new developments. Many of the artworks have been crudely formed or assembled. The torsos, heads, and votive props have been built separately and visibly pieced together in unexpected ways. This connects to Ramesh’s interest in histories of iconoclasm. He states, “the preservation and display of fragmented deities in various museum collections around the world have always struck …