The family photos from this series, symbolically remind us of the inevitability of the past, loss and death. The constructed images are replete with memories that can neither be touched nor altered, only re-lived in our imaginations on an endless loop.
Conceived as a decorative piece, this mushroom-shaped chandelier was made using over 3600 pages of legal correspondence between the courts, petitioners, and respondents in Kashmir. This piece draws parallels to the perfectly taxidermized busts and heads of kills that camouflages the violence underneath.
From Anita’s ongoing photographic documentary series of Laxmi, one of India’s leading third gender (hijra) and transgender rights activist
Friday 26th August to Monday 29th August at The Eastgate. From Anita’s ongoing photographic documentary series of Laxmi, one of India’s leading third gender (hijra) and transgender rights activist
Contemporary Heroine Anita Khemka’s latest exhibition Laxmi, The third Gender In India, currently on display at Musée Des Arts Asiatiques in Nice, France
On 24th March 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a national lockdown in the country for 21 days in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. With just four hours’ notice, Mr Modi announced that no one could leave home for three weeks—a move that has been called the most severe step taken anywhere in the war against COVID-19.
Heroine Anita Khemka discusses her work with the hijra community in India, her 17 year relationship with muse Laxmi, and her artistic process
Heroine Anita Khemka talks to Photo South Asia about her photography, sources of inspiration and upcoming projects
Anita Khemka: “I turned the camera on to myself in an attempt to erase and ease a personal crisis that took over my life in 2005.”
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