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courtesy of artist and Kavi Gupta gallery
courtesy of artist and Kavi Gupta gallery
Suchitra Mattai Guyana, b. 1973
Anarkali the queen, 2022
Gouache, vintage dollhouse wallpaper, and wallpaper on paper
20 x 15 in
50.8 x 38.1 cm
50.8 x 38.1 cm
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Though Suchitra Mattai invented the woman in this image, she is named for Mattai’s grandmother. “I saw her as a feisty heroine,” Mattai says. Loving respect for memories of past...
Though Suchitra Mattai invented the woman in this image, she is named for Mattai’s grandmother. “I saw her as a feisty heroine,” Mattai says. Loving respect for memories of past role models is evoked by the vintage dollhouse wallpaper supporting Mattai’s image of Anarkali The Queen. This piece belongs to a series Mattai debuted in 2023, memorializing super heroines as embodiments of feminine empowerment.