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My works talk about my lost identity through social construction, and power. Birthplace defines my identity and social construct is one of the ways of expressing my identity. I questioned the alteration made to the social identity by power, argument, and social practice in recent years. I argue that attention needs to be given to dynamics in the identity. This perspective is explicit of the disrespect given to the society. I want to show that the all-presence of identity-related argument across social and contexts reflects the fact that group identity is a basis for social power. My works talk about reality and gaps in the social construct through the act of cutting out photographs and tangled images. - Kanesh Thabendran

My works talk about reality and gaps in the social construct through the act of cutting out photographs and tangled images  - Kanesh Thanbendran

Inspired by my urge to return to nature after a period of hibernation and lockdown, these works play between nature (or what I call the divine feminine) and the control and power nature has over us regardless of humanity’s complex interactions with the natural world. I explore nature’s scientific phenomena and visual complexity, as well as its role as the wellspring for all human experience. Using nebulous creatures and landscapes as a narrative source, where the whimsical and the actual coexist.