Untitled

Rekha Rodwittiya has never shied from the use of colour, but at a deeper level she has engaged with issues that concern patriarchy, feminism, alienation and disparity. This painting with mostly flat colour application features a female figure standing upright, holding a conch to one ear with one hand and touching the navel or the nabhi with her little finger of the other. There’s a possibility that the figure is meditating on the nabhi chakra, a yogic exercise. Rodwittiya surrounds the background of the painting with motifs of materialism and comfort.