THE BODY IS A WONDERLAND

Her gold-dusted breastplates, hung on walls or cast across the body as clothing, have raised pertinent questions around the role of the female body and the narratives that consume it. Misha Japanwala talks to Akanksha Kamath about identity, agency and loving your body

- Akanksha Kamath

CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE SEEN a Misha Japanwala artwork without even knowing it. It’s everywhere on your social media feed—the armour-like breastplate dipped in metallic gold hanging on a wall as a cerebral piece of sculpture, framing the female body under a draped sari, or silhouetting singer and rapper Cardi B’s pregnant belly in the music video ‘Rumours’ alongside pop sensation Lizzo.