Quieter Than Silence – compilation of Short Stories

DRAWING OUT, DRAWING IN

Human bodies take on peculiar forms in Shakuntala Kulkarni’s drawings. Costumes and armour become fused with the body giving them bizarre appearances, and when unclothed, the figures assume convoluted and awkward postures. The images are mostly of women, for the overarching preoccupation of Kulkarni’s art has been the life of women in our society. In this exhibition, the seven series of drawings combine emblematic images of pain, violence, defeat, and also resistance and overcoming.