Mixed media on canvas
2022
114 by 94 cm.; 45 by 37 in.
Price: POA
Widows of Vrindavan portrays two young women seen begging on the streets of Vrindavan, figures society has stripped of dignity, identity, and place. In the painting, they appear dark, echoing the form of Maha Kali, a goddess often misunderstood as terrifying, yet profoundly powerful. Like Kali, these women are reduced to darkness by social fear and exclusion, expected to live without colour, desire, or voice.
Though denied respect and visibility, their divinity remains intact. The world may erase their social worth, but it cannot touch their spiritual presence. This work confronts how holiness and suffering coexist, revealing that what is cast aside as impure or unwanted may, in fact, carry immense sacred power
Mixed media on canvas
2022
114 by 94 cm.; 45 by 37 in.
Price: POA
Widows of Vrindavan portrays two young women seen begging on the streets of Vrindavan, figures society has stripped of dignity, identity, and place. In the painting, they appear dark, echoing the form of Maha Kali, a goddess often misunderstood as terrifying, yet profoundly powerful. Like Kali, these women are reduced to darkness by social fear and exclusion, expected to live without colour, desire, or voice.
Though denied respect and visibility, their divinity remains intact. The world may erase their social worth, but it cannot touch their spiritual presence. This work confronts how holiness and suffering coexist, revealing that what is cast aside as impure or unwanted may, in fact, carry immense sacred power
