Ash .
The Yoni, Coolie and Ash
Painting
2023
Acrylic and Sari on Stretched Canvas
5' x 3'
This work is a definitive anti-colonial and feminist piece. Challenging the western view of sexuality and the sexualization of women. with inspiration and references from my, anti-colonial, moderately untouched by the Western world religion - Hinduism. In contrast to the western world’s concentration and recurring set-in-stone examples of the Virgin Mary, Aphrodite, etc, as normative images of the ‘divine feminine’. In this piece I recognize Adi Shakti (Hinduism's Supreme Goddess)as MY divine feminine, and I’d like to state that she is within every Coolie gyal, as she is a representation of the best qualities in women. Creation, Passion, and Power.
Work by
Ash . aka. Ashmitha Kunasingam
Drawing and Painting
“These heroic-sized expressionism paintings are celebrations of varied perception, and the narration of one's innermost thoughts. Relying on pareidolia, I identified and built upon recognizable...” [More]