/Anju Pillai
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At Your Mercy
acrylics and collage on panel
26” x 20”
2022
At your mercy! When rulings let down women! Rape happens, protests follow , victim shaming comes as a package deal. Court hearings take place, and the judgements are passed making a mockery of the victims ordeal. If this is the thinking of custodians of justice, what future do our little girls have? In this artwork I condemn the totally unjust statements made by judges to rape survivors by painting a little girl standing with folded hands and pleading eyes asking for mercy, wearing a dress that has a collage of the unjust judgments passed at rape hearings across the globe.
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Anju Pillai
Hijab or No Hijab, We Will Shine!
acrylics on canvas
16”/16”
2022
This artwork is dedicated to the strength and determination of the women in Iran in their fight for freedom and a solemn tribute to those who died in this fight. To every woman across the globe fighting for the right to be allowed to make choices. To wear or not wear a hijab or any type of clothes should be the individual woman’s choice. No government or person has the right to dictate what a woman should be wearing, saying, behaving, or doing with her body. My Body, My Choice! To woman’s rights!
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Anju Pillai
Consumerists Bliss
Inspired by: Matt Siber, McDonalds
acrylics and collage on panel
18” x 22″
2024
In “Consumerist Bliss” I invite the audiences to a vibrant tableau brimming with brand logos. The central figure, captured mid-leap, in ecstatic celebration embodies the joy found in the choices afforded by consumer-driven society. The artwork is a critique of the advertising industry’s power over our culinary desires, calling to mind the same themes as Matt Siber’s “McDonald’s”. The blue web that cradles each logo represents the pervasive network of consumerism that traps as much as it supports, offering a nuanced commentary on the complexities of our relationship with corporate branding and the allure of endless choice.
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