KaliOdalisque Print

Bhairabh carries the sunflower to worship toward the blue-skinned woman recast goddess kali with flower Sunflower, which are direct references from Manet's painting Olympia. They are at once symbols of freedom and symbols of showmanship displayed by the one who controls the story — currencies contextualized to justify slavery in the age of capitalism. The Odalisque’s form questions the imagined ideas of beauty in both the east and the west, giving the idealized unrealistic female form the ferocity of Kali, whose powerful figure instills dread. The skull of Liberty, still crowned, signals the death of freedom of ideas and also relates the composition to the garland of human skulls Kali — in her mythological form — is usually seen wearing while sticking her tongue out at the world. The monkey at the female’s feet is the masculine figure who protects and destroys. The painting is meant to seduce and repel at the same time.

Print:Giclee on Canvas

Size:12 W x 16 H x 1.25 D in

Size with Frame:13.75 W x 17.75 H x 1.25 D in

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