A dynamic voice for women's empowerment rooted in historical materialism.
Artist Name: Richa Arya
Description:
Richa’s rich body of work embodies the feminist spirit of "personal is political". Her visual
language is a powerful articulation of countless, crisscrossing tropes of patriarchal oppression which otherwise remain unaccounted for.
She sculpts everyday objects to embody the feminist spirit. The stereotypically 'feminine' skills (such as stitching) juxtapose with decidedly unfeminine materials (rusted metal sheets), hinting at women’s daily hardships.
By putting together starkly contrasting mediums, she places the viewer in similar spaces of gender ambivalence and inequality that are common to women of all ages.