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Artist Statement: My paintings of abandoned buildings explore the state of stagnancy. Having lived in the same city for most of my life, I have passed certain vacant buildings often on my way from one place to another. After a time I began to appreciate that these buildings that are now deserted and forgotten were once places that served their former inhabitants a purpose. What fascinates me about these buildings is that despite their stagnant state, some kind of life in them still exists. I came to realize these abandoned structures are like patients in a coma who don’t have a voice. With no one to stand up for them they have been left to decay; their fate is to either be demolished by time or else be revived through restoration. Through these paintings I am attempting to give these abandoned and neglected places a new voice and recognition. Perhaps through painting them they will be given a second life. By presenting these buildings in their various states of decay with a new perspective, perhaps these places will be given a longer look, a second thought. Amita Sen Gupta Toronto July 2005

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