{"product_id":"the-blind-barber","title":"The Blind Barber (Limited Edition Print)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInformation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eAlok Dangi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMedium: Oil on Canvas\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions (A2 Print): \u003cspan\u003e42 x 59.4 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (Unframed Original): \u003c\/span\u003e61\u003cspan\u003e x 45.7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (Framed Original): Please enquire. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 2026\u003cbr\u003eCondition Report: Brand New. Please email info@sochafineart.com for any queries with respect to the original artwork. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition print run (total of 10 available), each being signed and numbered by the artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is framed between a pair of weathered teal doors which serve as a literal and conceptual threshold, drawing the eye inward to a compact barber shop alive with accumulated detail. The seated customer, absorbed in the daily newspaper while scissors hover closely behind, anchors the scene in quiet, unhurried ordinariness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flanking doors serve as an unofficial archive of urban Indian life. Bollywood posters, advertisements for chai and cotton mills, hotel tariff signs, railway notices, and torn calendar pages jostle for attention in an accumulation that leaves the viewer struggling to rest their eyes. India remains a country steeped in maximalism, and this piece respects that tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe attentive viewer, however, is rewarded for their patience. Central to the drama throughout, the \u003cspan\u003ework's quietly unsettling central conceit is hidden in plain sight. The barber is blind, his white and red cane resting unobtrusively against the stool to the left. The revelation reframes the entire scene, transforming a moment of apparent ordinariness into something altogether more charged.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Socha Fine Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55771441922388,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/5550\/8308\/files\/The_Blind_Barber.jpg?v=1782095059","url":"https:\/\/sochafineart.com\/products\/the-blind-barber","provider":"Socha Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}