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She sings of power

An exhibition at Mumbai’s CSMVS, Woman is as Woman Does, goes beyond art to become a celebratio­n of femininity.

- BY ANUPAMA KATAKAM

MUMBAI’S iconic Chhatrapat­i Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahala­ya (CSMVS) is celebratin­g its centenary this year. To celebrate the event along with the 75th year of Independen­ce, an exhibition titled Woman is as Woman Does, featuring 27

Indian women artists, opened at the museum on August 13 (August 13October 16). Curated by art critic Nancy Adajania and showing at the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation and Premchand Roychand Gallery of the museum, the exhibition is an immersive experience where the images reveal as much about India’s feminist movement as the texts accompanyi­ng them.

The artworks, created using several types of media, narrate the story of the feminist movement, marking

 ?? ?? PIETA by Sosa Joseph.
PIETA by Sosa Joseph.

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