ARPANA CAUR

Arpana Caur exhibits dynamism and deep insight in her depictions of women’s conditions in modern India. A self-taught artist, Caur’s portrayals of women in urban environments reflect her concerns with the issues of our time: life and death, violence, the environment, and women’s issues. Clothing is a recurring theme in her work, both reinforcing and undermining the established image of women. In works such as Embroiderer (2020), Caur liberates the women from the image of traditional domesticity and conveys the possibilities of women capable of embroidering their own circumstances. Her work is in museum collections such as the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum. She was the recipient of a gold medal in the VI International Triennale 1986 in New Delhi.