Twenty nine-year-old Meera George’s exhibition, ‘Partum Subvertio’ (To bear to destroy) is a mixed media collection consisting of paintings, an installation, videos and light boxes. To the naked eye, the installation seems to be a study of the Pitcher Plant- a carnivorous plant. Upon closer inspection one will notice that in most of the paintings, there is an intricate detail which has various women painted in the background. The idea behind the pitcher plant is that it is symbolic of a women’s womb in the context of female foeticide.

Meera says the idea came to her because when she decided to create a new collection, all around her, she was hearing about female foeticide. “I have green fingers. I am an avid gardener and when I thought of the Pitcher plant with its sack, it seemed to be the ideal symbol for the cause.”

Moving from the paintings, is a huge installation- small sacks made from black gauze, make up this installation called ‘The Angels’. A simple idea, with the play of words- the installation depicts black/dark angels.

The light boxes show what looks like an ultrasound image of a baby but it has the pitcher plant as well. This interesting effect was created by taking original ultrasounds and superimposing them with images of the pitcher plant.

Meera says the idea for this came from the portable machines that are carried to villages to help perform illegal sex abortions.

The video is the final part of her collection; It shows two images of a girl reading. “One image is reading backwards, this is the girl’s way of presenting a reverse situation by just reading,” says this Brussels-based artist.

Another creative and unique creation is a sketch by Meera of the pitcher plant, combined with a video of a girl within the plant.

Meera has the final word on the purpose of the exhibition and her point hits the nail on the head, “This is a collection that represents how I have tackled the subject. There is no lack of awareness about female foeticide but there is a lack of sensitivity.”