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Martand Khosla
Martand Khosla is an Indian artist and architect whose work examines construction, demolition, memory, and urban change through architectural materials.
Martand Khosla quick facts
Khosla's architectural background informs works about construction and urban change, including intumescent paint processes that alter built surfaces.
| Full name | Martand Khosla |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 · New Delhi, India |
| Died | — |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Movements | — |
| Paint types | Intumescent paint |
| Other media | — |
| Other materials | — |
| Painting surfaces | MDF · Teak wood · Reclaimed building materials |
| Painting methods | Laser-etches and burns into protective intumescent coatings, using subtraction to expose architectural plans and traces beneath the painted surface |
| Common subjects | Architecture, construction, demolition, labor, memory, and urban change |
| Notable works | To Build and Remember |
Sources: Nature Morte, Nature Morte: To Build and Remember, and Martand Khosla biography.
Paint types used by Martand Khosla
Records document Martand Khosla’s use of Intumescent paint, with examples below linking each medium to a specific work and its role in the image.
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Intumescent paint
Khosla’s Blueprints for the Past — P1 (2024) uses laser etching in intumescent paint over MDF and teak. In Depopulated — I (2024), the etched coating is on MDF. The fire-protective paint becomes an architectural skin as etched lines reveal its layers and connect the work to building materials.
Sources: Nature Morte, Nature Morte: To Build and Remember, and Martand Khosla biography.
Painting surfaces used by Martand Khosla
Documented works by Martand Khosla use MDF, Wood, with examples below clarifying when a material is a painted ground, backing, or constructed element.
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MDF
Khosla uses MDF in architectural installations and reliefs, exposing the manufactured board’s layered edge. In Blueprints for the Past — P1 and Depopulated — I, intumescent coating is laser-etched over MDF, making the board and its applied surface part of the work’s architectural meaning.
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Wood
Khosla also uses teak wood in constructed architectural forms. In Blueprints for the Past — P1, the intumescent coating extends over teak as well as MDF, joining a natural material to an engineered board within the same work. The surface is documented as teak wood.
Sources: Nature Morte, Nature Morte: To Build and Remember, Martand Khosla biography.
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