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Kalighat Art Painting | Gender Roles | Artist Kalam Patua | KG 271

Kalighat Art Painting | Gender Roles | Artist Kalam Patua | KG 271

$180.00

This Kalighat art painting humorously critiques gender roles, featuring a woman with a man-faced sheep on a leash. The scene blends rich traditional elements with modern satire, highlighting reversed roles and interactions with vivid detail.

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The scene depicted is both comical and astute at the same time. A Kalighat painting holds up a mirror to its contemporary life- both in the open and behind closed doors. It often employs the trope of caricature humor to highlight the happenings of its times. Here a woman is shown with a man-faced sheep on a leash. Clearly, this is a work that is a commentary on the roles and interactions between the sexes. The woman with a heavy bosom and made-up face is wearing a sari. The shading and drapes lend it a richness which is enhanced further by the ornaments on her body. She is holding a red rose in one hand and the leash on the other. The man-faced creature looks up longingly at the woman with a glance that conveys obedience. He is wearing a hat which makes it both amusing and real. The modern man with a modern woman, possibly in a scenario where traditional gender roles have been reversed.

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The scene depicted is both comical and astute at the same time. A Kalighat painting holds up a mirror to its contemporary life- both in the open and behind closed doors. It often employs the trope of caricature humor to highlight the happenings of its times. Here a woman is shown with a man-faced sheep on a leash. Clearly, this is a work that is a commentary on the roles and interactions between the sexes. The woman with a heavy bosom and made-up face is wearing a sari. The shading and drapes lend it a richness which is enhanced further by the ornaments on her body. She is holding a red rose in one hand and the leash on the other. The man-faced creature looks up longingly at the woman with a glance that conveys obedience. He is wearing a hat which makes it both amusing and real. The modern man with a modern woman, possibly in a scenario where traditional gender roles have been reversed.

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