2022

Respect for human rights is an integral theme for Shanoor’s Emotion series. Seen here, a figure with a bulbous head whose neck is symbolically portrayed as a nut and bolt, constricted like so many human rights in cultures all over the world.

Confined within the figure’s swollen cranium, a pattern of watchful eyes bear witness to a plethora of infringements on human rights while begging for the same freedoms enjoyed by others on the outside.