Modern Muse: Arpita Shah’s Feminist Take on Mughal Portraiture, Arpita Shah, δημοσίευση Daily Art Magazine [28/11/2022]
Staging an intervention in art history, and specifically in Indian miniature portraiture, Arpita Shah replaces male Mughal emperors with inspiring modern female muses of South Asian origin. As well as being sitters, these women are collaborators in this subversive series, in which they are elevated to the status of empowered subjects on their own terms.
Shah spent the earlier part of her life living between India, Ireland, and the Middle East before settling in the UK. This migratory experience is reflected in her practice, which focuses on the notion of home, belonging, and shifting cultural identities, often symbolized through clothing. Working between photography and film, Shah draws on Asian and Eastern mythology to explore issues of cultural displacement in the Asian diaspora.
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