Cheeru

Cheeru (July 2021) was a commissioned piece for the Elisabeth Jones Art Center in Portland, Oregon as a part of their International Mural by Mail Project now managed by John Daniel Teply Atelier & Gallery. This was a creative endeavor to connect artists globally by mailing murals to their home countries and then we mail it back once we are done painting on it for the exhibition. D.A.M. members received this large vinyl fabric in Delhi on which someone had painted an image of person with their eyes closed, looking down. We had to add on to that image with our own interpretations, with help from with artists from Srijanatmak Manushi Sanstha we came up with the concept of a disabled bird with prosthetic legs and a broken wings, breaking the chains and flying to signify the concepts of prison abolition and disability justice.