Pulling outwards. Pics courtesy/Radhika Khimji

Between the lines
Playing with the space of the gallery, Khimji has filled it with imposing cut-outs, bound together with spools of wool creating a maze-like experience for the viewer.

Doubling and tripling in motion

The artist has laid great stress on the female body-male gaze equation and thus has hollowed them out to create a different kind of territory.

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A Moon Above Me, pen, ink, pencil, thread on paper, 8 x 10.2 inches

In juxtaposition, the multimedia drawings contain images of Classical Greek and Roman statues and the female nude throughout history.

Installation view by Radhika Khimji

The Muscat-born artist aimed to desexualise the female body and has contextualised it into an architectural frame.

Pulling out and away

Her endeavour was abstaining from the feminine ideal that is invoked by the body, explains the 35-year-old.

Thin Skin

Artist Radhika Khimji

Playing with the gallery’s space, Khimji has filled it with cut-outs, bound together with spools of wool creating a maze-like experience for the viewer.

(With inputs from Kanika Sharma)