The dented, painted women
23 May 2013 8:02 PM IST
Gone are the days when a woman was considered an avatar of the goddess or a lucky charm. Today, she has become an object of pleasure, lust and has become the victim of some gory abuse and crimes. Hideous cases like that of Nirbhaya, Falak validate the plight of today's woman.
While the fire has died down, the ambers are still burning and have found a cathartic outlet in N. Swarnalatha's art work. Her solo exhibition titled Nirbhaya reflects her angst on the plight of Indian women today. The series is dedicated to Nirbhaya, Vinothini, Vidhya and all the women martyrs who have taught lessons of bravery and self esteem world wide. Her piece of art seems to be depicting the stark reality of the state of the downtrodden women who are not allowed to learn and are judged on harsh benchmarks.
Her body of works are further divided into classes which provoke to reconsider and empathise with the pain and suffering of a woman. Some of them are called Knowledge Deprived which talks about the stark reality of the plight of the downtrodden women who are not allowed to learn. Shattered goes on to explore the pain of being a woman who is trapped in the clutches of man that is so vile and strong that she is easily directed to do what he wants. Endless talks about whenever a society goes through any change or turbulence or war, women suffer in different ways.
Artist Swarnalatha has further decided to take the Nirbhaya Art Exhibition all over the metro cities in India namely Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Kochin and finally at Washington DC. (USA) to incite and try to alter thoughts of the society. Her artworks are not for sale.
AT: Open Palm Court, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
TILL: 24 May
TIMINGS: 10 am - 8 pm
While the fire has died down, the ambers are still burning and have found a cathartic outlet in N. Swarnalatha's art work. Her solo exhibition titled Nirbhaya reflects her angst on the plight of Indian women today. The series is dedicated to Nirbhaya, Vinothini, Vidhya and all the women martyrs who have taught lessons of bravery and self esteem world wide. Her piece of art seems to be depicting the stark reality of the state of the downtrodden women who are not allowed to learn and are judged on harsh benchmarks.
Her body of works are further divided into classes which provoke to reconsider and empathise with the pain and suffering of a woman. Some of them are called Knowledge Deprived which talks about the stark reality of the plight of the downtrodden women who are not allowed to learn. Shattered goes on to explore the pain of being a woman who is trapped in the clutches of man that is so vile and strong that she is easily directed to do what he wants. Endless talks about whenever a society goes through any change or turbulence or war, women suffer in different ways.
Artist Swarnalatha has further decided to take the Nirbhaya Art Exhibition all over the metro cities in India namely Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Kochin and finally at Washington DC. (USA) to incite and try to alter thoughts of the society. Her artworks are not for sale.
AT: Open Palm Court, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
TILL: 24 May
TIMINGS: 10 am - 8 pm
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