My Peeking, Red Bra Strap
Date: 13th March - 19th April, 2025
"My Peeking, Red Bra Strap" interrogates the cultural politics of concealment and visibility surrounding the female body. In India, the admonition to "hide your bra strap" reflects a deeply rooted patriarchy that polices women's bodies, enforcing a narrative of shame around basic necessities. The exhibition explores how such societal dictates shape and constrain the lived experiences of women, reducing their identities to scripted roles. The peeking bra strap becomes a subversive metaphor, symbolizing resistance to systemic attempts to erase or neutralize femininity. Grounded in the specific cultural fabric of India, yet universally resonant, the featured artworks offer a powerful critique of patriarchal expectations while celebrating the complexities of womanhood. In doing so, they assert that what is often hidden—whether bra straps, desires, or voices—holds the power to disrupt, resist, and redefine.
Artists:
Mithu Sen
Indu Antony
Sonia Khurana
Kanchan Chander
Heeral Trivedi
Radha Gomaty
Keerthana Kunnath
Moutushi Chakraborty
Manmeet Devgun
Radha Rathi
Dipali Gupta
Aninda Singh
Dianna Mohapatra
Gia Singh Arora & Shantanu Sagara
