Exploring the self and the inscription of traditions, space, culture and history is ‘Ski(e)n: Re-membering through Performance and Thread’, an exhibition at Dhoomimal Gallery in Delhi. It showcases the works of Abhijna Vemuru Kasa and Insha Manzoor, both alumni of the Royal College of Art in London. Curated by Jyoti A Kathpalia, the exhibition will open with a preview on December 5.

Kasa, who alternates between Hyderabad and San Francisco, takes on the restrictive norms and traditions that essentialise women. She simultaneously draws on local myths and stories, revitalising and reinterpreting them to articulate a vision of the feminine that is more authentic to women’s lived experience. Her practice also addresses the post-partum experience, insisting on a feminine subjectivity that is mo

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