"In 2001, Baroda-born artist Hema Upadhyay caused a stir with her installation of 2,000 handmade cock-roaches, The Nymph and the Adult. Since then, the 36-year-old has continued to explore themes of war, dislocation, decay and health, becoming one of India's most admired young artists"...
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In the very act of representing female subjectivity, women artists might end up creating an image as exotic as the ones routinely produced by patriarchal culture. Hema Upadhyay, a Baroda-trained artist who has just exhibited her work at Gallery Chemould, Mumbai, brings her own artistic resolutions to bear upon the investigation of this challenging genre, writes NANCY ADAJANIA.
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