Indian origin artist Sujata Tibrewala is exhibiting paintings at her Cupertino, California studio. The artist marks the American Independence Day by dedicating the entire July month to the idea of freedom. The month of July, according to Sujata, is not only a joyous time to reflect on the independence people enjoy but also an apt time to encourage every fellow humans to respect and give others freedom.Her acrylic on canvas work entitled ‘Oppression’, that forms the part of the exhibition, takes a magnified look at the notion of supremacy that gives rise to the idea that a person can rule over another. She talks about the vacuous sense of hierarchy that enables the powerful to subjugate the powerless.Her paintings through imagery and symbolism seem to point out that there is no such thing as power belonging to any one person. The power and the will to succeed is something that should belong to everyone. In her painting she shows that how a false ladder of supremacy seems to govern social structures. The powerful tries to wield power against the powerless; the man tries to boss over a woman, a woman tries to control another woman – the vicious cycle continues.Talking about her creations Sujata says, “For those who were born with this privilege it should be a matter of great gratitude. Because those who have struggled to gain that much deserved independence know the cost it comes at.”Sujata’s works showcased at the exhibit seem to beautifully capture what free will means to human spirit. She feels suppression is the worst form of treatment that can be meted out to anyone. If one is not free, it’s not just the spirit but also the soul that dies within. She understands that independence and sovereignty are big terms but she also wants to underline that the real freedom begins with small things. Independence is a theme that has always had a recurring appearance in artist Sujata’s work. Whether it is the independence to express, to emote or to conduct oneself, the artist has always advocated that without the freedom to choose, human existence can be banal.Sujata, a self-taught artist come engineer remarkably embodies the indomitable spirit of human existence through her works. Her works center around the theme of eco-feminism. She finds her works as a perfect metaphor to understand the world we are living in. She says just as the different colours on her canvas speak the universal language of love, longing, pain and suffering similarly every human being regardless of caste, creed and religion represents the same aspirations and emotions.She has exhibited her artworks in some of the most reputed venues around the globe such as University of Illinois, Chicago, Raw San Jose, Parallax Art Fair London, the Regional Commission of Arts St Louis, Life Force Arts Chicago, Mindworks Gallery Chesterfield, St. Louis Artists' Guild, Chesterfield Arts, Art World Association, Women's Caucus for the Arts, MySLART and Lalit Kala Academy, Delhi.Sujata Tibrewala’s exhibition on Independence Day is running until July 31, 2016.
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