Care is often understood as instinctive, quiet, and ever-present, woven into the fabric of daily life, yet rarely acknowledged in its full complexity. Portraits of the Unseen, by Vaidehi Kinkhabwala presents a deeply reflective body of work that brings attention to the emotional and physical labor embedded within caregiving, motherhood, and acts of sustained responsibility.
Rooted in the artist’s personal experience of motherhood, the series approaches care as a continuous act. One that unfolds through repetition, endurance, and intimacy. These works emerge from an awareness that caregiving, historically perceived as natural and expected, has long remained invisible despite its essential role in sustaining life and relationships. While this labor has traditionally
been associated with women, Kinkhabwala’s visual language resists fixed identities, instead opening the narrative to broader interpretations of shared responsibility in contemporary contexts.
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