Shakti Painting

‘’Roses are red, Violets are blue; Let’s smash patriarchy, me and you." Saw this printed on a t-shirt a couple of years ago which inspired this artwork. Across world cultures, the personified Universal Yin energy in her Shakti element is depicted with a feline beast, to symbolize Her strength and power. And across world cultures also is an old, overpowering socially constructed system that evokes male dominance over women,a reality that I and most women still deal with, with little relevance to our geographic location. This system decides what rights a woman has or doesn’t have- be it in fields of education, social or cultural interactions, her place in the societal hierarchy. The allegorical work ‘’Shakti’’inspired by the iconography of Mahishasuramardini and collages and cut-outs of Matisse, holding a hammer instead of a trident or spear, the 10 arms and atop the unrestrained catlike predator, dismantling a biased societal structure, are connotations of Her might and supremacy. Adorned with mystical symbols of the Feminine-a three and a half coiled serpent and on Her forehead, a downward pointing triangle within the red bindi, also a representation of Her Infinite nature.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:30 W x 40 H x 1 D in

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