For this outing of our monthly series, LURU Hangs with...we duck into the duplex apartment-studio of the city-based painter Devi Seetharam (@deviseetharam ). We were immediately met with work-in-progress canvases from one of the most discussed exhibits from the fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (@kochibiennale ). We learned the origin story of the series Brothers, Fathers and Uncles, large strikingly painted canvases of groups of men dressed in kasavu mundus dripping in gold trim. We witness the arduous, intense process of achieving the translucency of the sheer cotton mundus, the traditional textile of Kerala. She paints these male figures with dignity but she doesn’t shy away from critiquing their entitlement to public space – she’s determined to paint that there’s something amiss here – the absence of women – and it’s not cool at all.
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LON Gallery is thrilled to announce that Devi Seetharam’s major work, Akasha Malli (Cork Flower), 2024, Acrylic on canvas, 182 x 274 cm, has been acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
The work forms part of the artist’s acclaimed 'Brothers, Fathers and Uncles' series which has been exhibited at prominent exhibitions worldwide, most notably the 5th edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
The artist remarks of the project:
“The purpose of this series is to visually narrate the tales of my culture, the historical context and current realities. As we move forward with equality, I draw from my own cultural heritage and its need to recognise the void in this aspect.
This series reflects a world where men wield the authority to occupy public space, wrapped in their traditional white mundu, a symbol of their purity, that legitimises their self-granted sense of status and privilege. Women in their world are reduced to symbolic figures of beauty and desire. Objects that can be undermined with impunity.
My series ‘Brothers, Fathers and Uncles’ illustrates a world where the postures and the remnants at the feet speak louder than the unseen and unheard conversations beyond the frames.” ---
To learn more about the artist’s practice, please contact the gallery via email.
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