Vaidehi Reddy

Vaidehi Reddy (New Mexico, USA)

Kalighat, 2021

gold leaf, watercolor, gouache, paper

11.75 x 16.5 Inches

My work illuminates the migrant consciousness through my personal experiences as an Indian Émigré in the United States. Dismantling and challenging the otherness of the East done by years of colonial history by replacing my body and traditional Indian tribal figures in classical European-/American-inspired spaces is a branch of my practice that is also supported by my reverence for classical Hindu texts, ideologies, and deities. The transitional space of a port, be it physical or virtual, is a bridge for the expansion of culture. Using the traditional Kalighat style of painting, combined with new-age digitally inspired motifs and gold leaf, I aim to contextualize the greed for money and resources that led to our current state of rapid over-globalization.