Since the mid-1980s I have been exploring the experiences and aesthetics of Asian femininity in paintings and installations, photography and printmaking, video and film. In my more recent works, this theme has taken on a new power and vibrancy. I am currently making a new body of work to draw all of these together and to develop the ideas and images contained in the new cultural contexts of national and international politics in the twenty-first century.
Challenging stereotypical assumptions of Asian women, my work is informed by popular culture, Bollywood, fashion, found objects, the politics of femininity the celebration of feminity; self-portraiture exploring the production of my own sexuality and dynamism;
the relationship between popular culture and high art; gender and identity politics.
CORNETS AND SCREWBALLS
Mixed Media 2009
Play Things
Mixed Media 2007
ROUTES AND REMEDIES Mixed media 2009
PUNJABI ROCKERS 2005
Cibacrome Print 40"x30"
Collection of British Council
Bhindi Girls 2009
Mixed Media
FOR-TUNE 2005
Cibacrome Print 40"x30"
Collection of British Council
PERFECT FIT 2004
Cibacrome Print 30"x 40"
Collection of Andrew Mummery Gallery
Cornets and Screwballs Mixed Media 2007
Flirt
Mixed Media 2007
DESI STYLE
Mixed Media 2006
AUTO-PORTRAIT 1996-2004
Inkjet print on paper and canvas
Collection of Richard Branson,
Cecil Higgins Gallery
Bhindi Girls 2009
Mixed Media
28 POSITIONS IN 34 YEARS 1996-2004
Painting, Inkjet print, Lazer Print
Collection of Victoria Albert Museum,
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
