Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Megha Joshi
XVII From The Red Series

2023

$1,200
£890.45
€1,037.25
CA$1,670.41
A$1,860.15
CHF 968.11
MX$22,935.43
NOK 12,329.57
SEK 11,588.60
DKK 7,739.16
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

The red series are vermilion drawings with cotton/diya baati wicks used in prayer, the fruit of the artist's longstanding preoccupation with gender, religion and rituals. The interference of politics and religion with the female body as a site of worship has long disturbed her. Especially in India, the female body as a place of “honor” is a concept the artist explores. The continuing taboos around menstruation, temple entries, rape in communal riots, hypersexualization and the suppression of the female body are, in her view, issues that require attention. The drawings revolve around the labeling of women as midwives and breeders or sluts and whores; pure and impure, mine and hers, etc. For the artist misogyny is deeply rooted in India and we have to dig deep if we want to eradicate it. Much of Megha Joshi's artistic practice focuses on gender, ritual and religion, although her uniqueness lies in her ability to express herself on a variety of subjects, in a variety of media. She has worked with conventional materials such as steel, fabric, bronze, rubber and, most interestingly, everyday objects and materials used in Hindu ritualism. His works are strong but experimental, as he does not believe in the forced homogeneity of artworks. XVII From The Red Series Cotton wicks, watercolour pencil and acrylic on paper Certificate of authenticity
  • Creator:
    Megha Joshi (1973, Indian)
  • Creation Year:
    2023
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.7 in (29.72 cm)Width: 8.3 in (21.09 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami Beach, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU453315371232

More From This Seller

View All
XVI From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The red series are vermilion drawings with cotton/diya baati wicks used in prayer, the fruit of the artist's longstanding preoccupation with gender, religion and rituals. The interfe...
Category

2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

XII From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The red series are vermilion drawings with cotton/diya baati wicks used in prayer, the fruit of the artist's longstanding preoccupation with gender, religion and rituals. The interfe...
Category

2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

XV From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The red series are vermilion drawings with cotton/diya baati wicks used in prayer, the fruit of the artist's longstanding preoccupation with gender, religion and rituals. The interfe...
Category

2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

XIV From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The red series are vermilion drawings with cotton/diya baati wicks used in prayer, the fruit of the artist's longstanding preoccupation with gender, religion and rituals. The interfe...
Category

2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

XIII From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The red series are vermilion drawings with cotton/diya baati wicks used in prayer, the fruit of the artist's longstanding preoccupation with gender, religion and rituals. The interfe...
Category

2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

XXX From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The red series are vermilion drawings with cotton/diya baati wicks used in prayer, the fruit of the artist's longstanding preoccupation with gender, religion and rituals. The interfe...
Category

2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Cotton, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

You May Also Like

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Red Caprice Part 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. He s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Rojo
By Valeria Vilar
Located in New York, NY
Rojo, 2014 Pencil on paper 79h x 59.10w in Unframed Valeria Vilar received her Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Buenos Aires in 2009. In 2011, Vilar was selected to be part of the Artist Program of the University of Torcuato Di Tella, which was led by the artist Jorge Macchi. Vilar has attended multiple visual arts workshops, and in 2013, Vilar worked with the artists Elisa Estrada and Florencia Lenzi to co-found CasaPlaza – a visual arts school for children. Among her solo exhibitions are the "Fairies' Powder" at Central Gallery of Bs As Projects, 2012; “Pinopark” at Central Gallery of Projects, 2010. She has participated in several group exhibitions including “Pictorial Fantasies” at Artemisa Gallery...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Untitled" Oil on Paper - Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
This minimalist painting on paper is part of a series, which references a mantra of Bhatt’s, “life is a circus.” Floating in space, the characters portrayed in this work play out their roles, while remaining unaware of the full scope of their surroundings. Amita Bhatt received her BFA from the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Bhatt’s work has been exhibited at noteworthy venues such as the Bluestar Contemporary Art Center, Walters Art Museum, The Station Museum of Contemporary Art, and The Project Row Houses, all in the United States as well as Museo Pedro de Osma in Peru. She has also been the recipient of several prestigious awards and recently served as a Grant Panelist on the National Endowment for the Arts. Her works are included in many important private and public collections. Bhatt digs deep into world philosophies and mythologies to answer questions pertaining to our political as well as personal belief systems. Unafraid to explore uncomfortable territories, the artist mines from a range of sources to create hybrid creatures that are often symbolic of man’s psychological condition in an angst-ridden zeitgeist. In exploring issues of identity and violence, Bhatt’s research led her to the beginnings of mankind. Most ancient creation...
Category

2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Female Figure - Mixed Media Artwork by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in China Ink, Charcoal, and Watercolor, on...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Leftovers No. 3
Located in Columbia, MO
Grace Ramsey (American, b. 1985) Grace Ramsey is a self-taught painter based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before establishing herself as a visual artist, she spent over a decade as ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Oil Crayon

The Gift II
By Esperanza Cortes
Located in New Orleans, LA
ESPERANZA CORTÉS is a Colombian born contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Cortés has exhibited in the United States in solo and group exhibitions in venues ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Glass, Ink, Handmade Paper