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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Suchitra Mattai, Anarkali the queen, 2022 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
8794
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...
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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 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.
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