Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Suchitra Mattai: Densely layered mixed media and ideas of ancestry, belonging, and displacement

Suchitra Mattai: Her mixed media works (painting, textile, drawing, sculpture, video) "explore ideas of ancestry, belonging, and displacement through a feminist lens. " Read more from her WEBSITE HERE and her ARTSY BIO here

"Monster" 2021, Acrylic on vintage fabric, home made broom

"Past Thoughts, Future Actions", 2021, Embroidery floss, brush, found ceramic bird, tassel, fiber trim, vintage fabric, vintage sari sleeves

"Monster II" 2021, Colonial print from 19th century and gouache

"Pompeii" 2020, The Grammar of Ornament (1910) book page, gouache, 1960 Saturday Evening Post

"Ethnically Ambiguous" 2019, Gouache, acrylic, photo on canvas, found needlepoint, fiber, and feathers