It’s not just ART

Sam Madhu began painting and drawing while still in school in Chennai. She found her classes to be uninteresting and frequently flled her school notebooks with sketches. She studied at the esteemed Parsons School of Design, where she also acquired her passion for digital art. She also worked as an art director for social media campaigns.

The way Madhu depicts women in her work is feminism. Most of the women in her Instagram page are curvy, full-fgured women with stomach folds. Some are bizarre, such as women being engulfed by the cosmos or numerous tentacles. Others are disturbing—a woman gives herself a pill bath. Other examples include a lady having an identity problem while searching for the ideal profle image and a woman indulging herself. They are powerful photos, and a lot of people have written to her to tell her how they have impacted their lives. Inviting Madhu to picture a world without gender, we challenged her to explain gender through this neon-colored universe.

I’m shifting my attention away from contentious subjects that I used to represent when I was younger and more rebellious and instead concentrating on 3D, crypto, and digital art. According to the young artist who is currently on an art grant in Berlin.“At that time, I felt like contrasting the treatment of Indian women in modern society with how they were revered as goddesses.” Her current work features future cyberpunk culture and dystopian high-rise cities with prominent Indian infuences, including the faces of gods and goddesses and Indian script.