Portrait Sketch
In 2006, as part of a Triangle art residency at Khoj, Delhi, Ashery went to Dili-Haat dressed as a Jewish man and asked a street-portrait artist to draw her/him. Later on in the day Ashery returned, this time dressed as an Arab man, and asked the same artist to draw her/him. On both occasions the street-artist simply drew what he saw. This intervention explores the complex discourse of constructed identity made simple by the process of the street portrait artist doing his job.
Portrait Sketch was shown at; Khoj, Delhi, PARANOIA; Focal Point Gallery, and the Freud Museum, Solo/Summer show; Ben Uri Gallery.