The Coins (The Currency of India)

This work turns a scatter of Indian coins into a quiet, tactile cosmos where value becomes surface—metallic halos, worn reliefs, and partial inscriptions orbiting in shallow depth. The warm ochres and cool steels create a measured tension between abundance and anonymity, suggesting how personal histories are flattened into currency’s repeating symbols. Cropped edges and overlapping discs deny any single “complete” object, framing the economy as a layered palimpsest of touch, time, and circulation rather than a stable measure.