Meena Bazaar, December 2016 was exhibited at the India Art Fair 2017!
acrylic on canvas
16 ft scroll painting by the women of Jama Masjid.
Old Delhi's famous Meena Bazaar is under threat of demolition. The women of the shelter in Urdu Park spend their life in the area and will be relocated far out of the city, where there will be even fewer prospects for them, if the demolition goes ahead. The painting is a stunning ode to their habitat.
acrylic on canvas
16 ft scroll painting by the women of Jama Masjid.
Old Delhi's famous Meena Bazaar is under threat of demolition. The women of the shelter in Urdu Park spend their life in the area and will be relocated far out of the city, where there will be even fewer prospects for them, if the demolition goes ahead. The painting is a stunning ode to their habitat.
Urdu Park Axial Margins
Artist: Revue (Sreejata Roy and Mritunjay Chatterjee)
with support from
Rakesh Khairaliya (photography & documentation)
Shaguna Kanwar (co-facilitator in first phase of the project)
Visit the Urdu Park Axial Margin Blog
Read the artist report on UPAM project 2015-16
An ongoing project (April 2015 - ) with the homeless women in the SPYM shelter in Urdu Park, Jama Masjid.
Urdu Park has a large population of homeless people. Sreejata works with a group of about 16 women at the shelter who exist on as little as Rs. 300 a week, earned through begging. They have been abandoned by families and partners and are singly raising several children. The women and their children live in destitute conditions.
The women come from different parts of the country, and with Sreejata they have explored how the women negotiate changes in their lives, how they adjust to Urdu Park and its environs, and how they cope with the pressures of living life in a public space. They also look at how the women deal with shifts in personal identity, as well as their aspirations, fears, and vulnerabilities.
with support from
Rakesh Khairaliya (photography & documentation)
Shaguna Kanwar (co-facilitator in first phase of the project)
Visit the Urdu Park Axial Margin Blog
Read the artist report on UPAM project 2015-16
An ongoing project (April 2015 - ) with the homeless women in the SPYM shelter in Urdu Park, Jama Masjid.
Urdu Park has a large population of homeless people. Sreejata works with a group of about 16 women at the shelter who exist on as little as Rs. 300 a week, earned through begging. They have been abandoned by families and partners and are singly raising several children. The women and their children live in destitute conditions.
The women come from different parts of the country, and with Sreejata they have explored how the women negotiate changes in their lives, how they adjust to Urdu Park and its environs, and how they cope with the pressures of living life in a public space. They also look at how the women deal with shifts in personal identity, as well as their aspirations, fears, and vulnerabilities.
Images of the project
Photo credit: Revue & Rakesh Khairaliya
The 'kursi' or 'chair' is seen as a symbol of power, authority and petty politics. As a trust and community building exercise, the women were encouraged to play with this symbol by choosing other women they would like to see seated on the chair. |
Photo credit: Revue & Rakesh Khairaliya
The women discuss their relationships with the people they live with at the shelter. |
