Soghra Khurasani b. 1983
Beyond my Skin and your Soil, 2015
Woodcut Print on Paper
(HSN Code: 97020000)
(HSN Code: 97020000)
32 x 48 inches
Edition 2 of 3
Copyright Soghra Khurasani 2015
Soghra Khurasani's works examine the representation of women in visual culture and the gradual loss of voices of socially threatened minorities in India. She primarily works within the medium of...
Soghra Khurasani's works examine the representation of women in visual culture and the gradual loss of voices of socially threatened minorities in India. She primarily works within the medium of printmaking. The works express her contemplation of the female body as a sight of both violence and fecundity, which she expresses through the metaphor of landscapes.
In his essay, 'Cratered Fiction', Sumesh Sharma writes, 'A large woodcut that resembles a ploughed field is aptly named ‘Beyond my skin and your soil’ , and becomes a metaphor of patriarchal greed. Here, the fertile topsoil is excavated, and beneath a woman’s body exist planes of neutrality.
In his essay, 'Cratered Fiction', Sumesh Sharma writes, 'A large woodcut that resembles a ploughed field is aptly named ‘Beyond my skin and your soil’ , and becomes a metaphor of patriarchal greed. Here, the fertile topsoil is excavated, and beneath a woman’s body exist planes of neutrality.
Exhibitions
Cratered Fiction, TARQ, Mumbai, 2015Literature
1. Domus India, "Vocabulary of the Landscape" by Sumesh Sharma, July 2016http://www.tarq.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Domus-June-July-2016.pdf