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The Live Canvas


The Live Canvas (1977) was a novel experiment in which the painter’s canvas was the skin of a beautiful young professional model. Says Aabid, “The purpose of body painting in tribals is mostly to frighten away evil spirits, mine was to create love.”


The result was a breakthrough which made it to numerous newspapers, magazines and even the cover of the Sunday Weekly magazine.

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