The Erotics of Isolation: Loneliness in Amrita Sher-Gil’s Self-Portraits”
Amrita Sher-Gil painted herself as a woman both exposed and unreadable—arms crossed, eyes steady, alone even in a crowd of village girls and hill women. This essay traces the erotics of isolation in her self-portraits, where loneliness, desire, and the female gaze reshape modern Indian art and how we see ourselves.
