Kanha Kagami
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)
Kanha Kagami, Kanha ki Raas Leela, 2021. Colour pencils on hot pressed watercolour paper. 56 x 76 cm ea. Image courtesy: the artist.
Artist statement
Kanha ki Raas Leela is a pair of self-portrait drawings done in colour pencils. To make these drawings, I photograph myself and then digitally collage them to create sensual and sensuous compositions.Then I render them using colour pencils on hot pressed watercolour paper. I am using self-portraiture to enter Indian history and queer religious bodies. I am aiming to bring back the focus on my queer ‘self’, something that has been de-centralised from normativity and not proudly represented in my culture’s history.
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Acknowledgement of Country
UNSW School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
