Chills down your spine

In Prajakta Potnis's art, a refrigerator transforms into an alien world, an icy chamber, or a sinister metaphor for everyday violence in our homes

- By PALAK MODI

Prajakta Potnis, like so many artists, uses the domestic space as the focal point of her photography, painting, sculpture and installations. Ordinary items such as kitchen appliances become vessels to depict economic, emotional and gendered violence. Potnis's clever works highlight how innocuous objects are shaped by the rhythms of labour, caregiving and societal expectation.

Focusing on surfaces that crack, stain or show signs of strain, she makes visible the pressure that builds up in homes over years. She doesn't dramatise these ideas. She just allows the tiny shifts in temperature, texture and material to speak for themselves.