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The Umbrella
PUJA SARKAR$2,500
- Medium
- Acrylic on Canvas
- Dimensions
- 42"H × 36"W
- Year
- 2020
The Umbrella reconfigures a familiar, utilitarian object into a symbolic threshold between protection and exposure. Suspended between interior emotion and external reality, the form operates as a psychological shelter—at once fragile and necessary. Within my practice, the umbrella becomes a quiet yet charged metaphor, carrying traces of vulnerability, memory, and resilience. The piece situates itself within a broader inquiry into how ordinary forms can embody unseen psychological and social forces. The form carries a sense of solitude, vulnerability, and resilience, suggesting that even the simplest objects can become companions in moments of uncertainty. Its presence suggests not only physical covering but an intimate, almost ritual act of self-preservation in the face of uncertain environments.
