Addiction 10 (Value and Form)

A torn fragment of a twenty-rupee note hovers like an official seal over a ghostly circular form, while a torrent of crimson filigree erupts downward, transforming monetary insignia into something bodily—blood, hair, or ritual smoke. The composition stages a collision between bureaucratic language and intimate ornament: cool blue security-print geometry is interrupted by expressive red arabesques that refuse containment, suggesting desire and lived experience leaking through systems of value. Faint stamps, dotted lines, and pale botanical imprints read as traces of documentation and inheritance, turning the work into a quiet indictment of how identity is tallied, certified, and spent.