The Empress
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Click here for an audio guide by Srila Chatterjee
Born Mehr-un-Nissa – sun amongst women – she was to become Nur Jahan, the light of the world.
A garden for her is lined with cypress trees, and roses made of metal grow wild and free. A pair of pigeons fly in, reminding of fabulous stories of gumption, and romance. Snowflakes of chikankari fall in this garden, reminiscent of the mountains of Kashmir. The garden shimmers with embroidery of gold.
Fragility, here, is just an illusion. The Empress shoots to kill. Tigers and enemies crumple. The empire is ruled with an iron fist draped in the softest muslin.
Size: height 72 in. x breadth 30 in. x depth 7.6 in.
Materials : One panel from a folding room-divider, achada [fabric underlay used in block printing], gota trimmings, chikankari katran from the atelier of Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, styrofoam pigeons, betel-nut crackers, tiger lock, brass jewellery scrap, vintage gun, antique gun, anklets, buttons, metallic trinkets, measuring tape, glass beads, old keys, discarded yarn, sewing machine scrap, and scrap metal flowers, embroidered odhana.