Suchitra Mattai’s exhibition, 'Myth From Matter', repurposes Indian artifacts to explore her Indian heritage and personal identity as a descendant of indentured servants.
Mattai’s art includes vast braided textiles and temple-style sculptures, merging Indian themes with her personal journey across the oceans linked to her ancestry.
The installation 'Siren Song' serves as a symbolic womb space, reflecting on Mattai’s family’s ocean migration and the cultural heritage embedded in her work.
In her work, Mattai engages with Western art traditions, a process she describes as 'brown reclamation', which challenges and reshapes existing narratives.
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