The materialization of the figure of the goddess in her terrible mood is always different. This painting by a primitives painter has elemental effect. The artist has suggested the power of the goddess by composing large eyes and a lolling tongue. The naive artist notices fundamental characteristics and makes bio-physiological bodily movements into heroic human forms, suggesting divinities.
The impact of this image of Goddess Kali is massive by the sheer size of it. Her face and neck occupy the entire canvas. Charcoal grey is used to denote her dark aspect. A bold line of red on the inside of the eyes helps to give a fearsome impression. The red hanging tongue adds to the mood. Her garland is made of severed skulls and she holds a woman in one hand who she is going to sacrifice. The woman clutched in Kali's hand is symbolic of the destruction of the stereotyped image of woman as a subdued and domesticated entity. Kali is all for the aggressive woman, and represents the dominant instinct lying latent within the depths of a woman's tormented soul. This torment and pain find vent and expression in Kali's wrath.
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