Prokash Karmakar

The myth of naked lady on a horse is at least been around since 12th century thanks to the tale of Lady Godiva who was punished by her Lord thus. The 1897 painting by John Collier where the unclothed beauty is astride a horse clad in velveteen red is in all of our collective visual memory. Tied deeply to that is the legend of Peeping Tom and the enduring erotics of voyeurism and tactile erotics. Prakash Karmakar here adds his own spin with an aggressive horse a frightened nudist and a quizzical bird.