Minutes after the Death
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A new doctor looks sceptical about the death in the operating room. The time is 10 minutes past 12, signifying that 10 mins have passed since the patient died. The death is exaggerated by displaying the body like a mummy, wrapped up in white bandages. It’s a deliberate attempt to show how the trauma of death affects medical staff as they work their shifts, especially young trainees. I wanted to relate this to the Covid-19 pandemic, where death rate is soaring, and this eerily seems to be the present norm!
About the Artist
Anwesha Chakraborty
I have loved painting and ceramic work since childhood. I have always had a fascination for oil paints and love to do portraits and still life images. I have studied Fine Arts and Design in Sixth form College, but later did not get much chance to pursue it, as I went into the field of Biological…
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