Suchitra Mattai: The Fall

Suchitra Mattai explores stories of migration and the search for identity that diasporic communities often experience. Comprising hundreds of colorful South Asian saris encircling a pool of broken glass, The Fall reflects on the collective trauma of Mattai’s ancestors, indentured servants who were forcibly relocated to Guyana, and casts the gallery space as a site of healing and future imagining.

Pictured: Suchitra Mattai (Indo-Caribbean, born Guyana, 1973), The Fall, 2025, worn saris, broken glass from an attempted studio break-in, installation dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, Photo by Paul Salveson.