Roberts Projects, Los Angeles is pleased to present artist Suchitra Mattai, In the absence of power. In the presence of love. The show presents new mixed-media paintings, tapestries, and a soft-sculpture installation that evoke the artist’s Indo-Caribbean heritage.

Using the framework of “Transgressive Materiality,” curators and academics who are expert in the different fields of Craft processes, South Asian and Caribbean culture, discuss Mattai’s practice as well as other contemporary artists and how the three aspects intertwine and inform the contemporary art landscape.

Panelists include Suchitra Mattai; Grace Aneiza Ali, Curator and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Art and Art History at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida; Joanna Robothaum, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Tampa Museum of Art; Suzanne Isken, Executive Director, Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles, California with jill moniz PhD, founder and creative director of Transformative Arts, moderating.