Standing tall, this terracotta guardian against the 'evil eye’ appropriates itself from many objects and structures made to ward off evil spirits, especially in the south of India, called Nazar Battu. Characterised as a purposeful blemish or flawed object created to avoid perfection, the Nazar Battu prevents the adorner from 'buri nazar' or the malevolent glare.

Capturing the humanistic essence of an on-going struggle to strike a balance, the colour red lends itself to display the worldliness and passion of an individual, while white represents the transcendental, a realm beyond the visible. The precisely opened skull reveals an unprecedented void in the artist’s life, marked in black kohl; a lacuna that can only be illuminated with the truth.