Suchitra Mattai has made a number of pieces that contain something broken, which was formerly discarded. In this work, a painted image completes a found, broken plate with an old western motif telling a colonial story of church and community. In a way, it’s a celebration of what was once discarded. In another way it parallels the idea of giving a new voice to people who weren't included before. Mattai is the finisher of the colonizer’s story—the artist as super heroine. This piece belongs to a series Mattai debuted in 2023, memorializing super heroines as embodiments of feminine empowerment. A lot of these works celebrate the power of women, while simultaneously reimagining colonial narratives. “These elements are tied together, so I find it hard to extricate them,” says Mattai. “The wonder of art is that it doesn’t have to be one element. Stories are complex. I want to portray that in the works.”