Step close enough to Anusha Sekhar’s “Not So Fast Fashion” and you’ll notice pieces of sari fabric adorning the young woman depicted in the mixed media piece.
Like in much of Sekhar’s artwork, the piece features upcycled materials and speaks to mass consumerism that impacts South Asian women and girls across the world.
“Most of the clothing we buy in the United States, like the fast fashion, also gets made by children around that girl’s age in other countries such as India, Bangladesh, China and Pakistan,” she said…