The many faces of gender bias

Artist Rejani SR dissects womanhood in a personal and intimate exhibition

Lub Dub Lub Dub, the paired sound of the beating heart is also the title of artist Rejani S R’s maiden solo show, held at Durbar Hall Art Gallery recently. The narrative is a woman’s struggle in a society based on gender bias and prejudice. The woman is not only an object of the male gaze and hunger but also of his complete control. Rejani’s uses jute as a medium to convey her stark strong and scathing expression.

Made with jute and found objects- beads, rope, cords, clay and cloth- the untitled feminine forms depict a woman in the throes of childbirth, as an object of erotica, a powerful Goddess and as a lay girl. One of the most forceful works is the eye-catching figure of a woman in child birth, in the primal moment of procreation. The newborn is a heap of paddy.