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Akram Khan
1 of 2 portraits of Akram Khan
© National Portrait Gallery, London; commissioned with help from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation through the Jerwood Portrait Commission, 2008
Akram Khan
by Darvish Fakhr
composite of 9 panels in oil, 2008
19 5/8 in. x 19 5/8 in. (500 mm x 500 mm) each
Commissioned with help from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation through the Jerwood Portrait Commission, 2008
Primary Collection
NPG 6847
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This portraitback to top
In this portrait, Khan is shown performing his own interpretation of the nine rasa, or emotions, that underpin all Indian classical dance forms - love, comedy, kindness, heroism, fury, terror, disgust, wonder and tranquillity.
Linked publicationsback to top
- I-Spy National Portrait Gallery, 2010, p. 56
- Howgate, Sarah; Nairne, Sandy, A Guide to Contemporary Portraits, 2009, p. 25
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Poetry of Motion (27 June 2012 - 8 January 2013)
- Performance (29 September 2008 - 1 March 2009)
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