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Challenges of Being a Woman Artist in India

Rupali Patil Shares Her Challenges as a Woman Artist Local authorities in the city of Pune in western India recently censored visual artist Rupali Patil’s work as being “offensive.” The art work, a photograph of clothes drying in the sun, was to be displayed at the Pune Biennale Foundation. The photograph showed female underwear and bra being covered while male undergarments being left in the open - a common practice in India. Through the censored work, Patil, a resident of Pune and whose work has been displayed in exhibitions in Turkey, Poland and other countries, wanted to fight the culture where women are required not to “provoke” men to ensure their safety. Women artists have other challenges, too, says Patil in this video shot in the neighboring city of Mumbai, as she ruminates on what it means for her to be an artist.