Sleeping Beauty by Anjali Sadanandan

Art, since ancient times, has been focused on either humans or their land. The history of art has shown a detailed and diverse representation of the human body. Modern art can accommodate new discussions on the body as representation and consumer by product. Pop culture and lifestyle have shown many tendencies to interpret the body among the psych. Anjali believes these representations to be forever biased and in muted agreement with the ongoing notions of bodies.

In recent years, some artists have addressed these issues in art. With society's constant pressure on people to achieve an ideal body type, the dialogue is: who creates the beauty standards and what are they for?

Instead of judging a body, the aim should be to celebrate the diversity of bodies without subjecting them to any alterations.

'Sleeping Beauty', a paper pulp sculpture, portrays an unidealized body image in intimate real-life moments. The medium assists in natural appearance, decay's proximity, and texture made similar to the skin. Direction does not emphasize on decay, but similar visual changes in the body just like paper. In contrast to what the title denotes, the sculpture presents a body entirely different from the common expectation of a female with classical way of proportions.

"I enjoy this process of wordplay and conflict that can develop by flipping the language and ideas through artwork." - Anjali, the artist.

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For the love of art,

Anjali Sadanandan