2D Puppets — Hamida Khatri

2D Puppets 🧸

“We’re like so many puppets hanging on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or talk to us.”

— Luigi Pirandello

“I’ve carved the puppets, and I manipulate the strings, but while it’s on stage, the show belongs to the puppet.”

— Guy Davenport

IMG_9334 [Ad(Just)].jpg

IMG_9240 [(Miss) Chief].jpg

IMG_9350 [Tri(eye)gular].jpg

IMG_9302 [Mr. Gee].jpg

IMG_9293 [Bubby Gubby].jpg

IMG_9286 [Froggy Broggy].jpg

IMG_9279 [Humpty Bumpty].jpg

IMG_9266 [Teethy Weethy].jpg

IMG_9197 [The Jolt].jpg

IMG_9185 [Hindrance].jpg

IMG_9168 [Cringe to the Fringe of Fear].jpg

IMG_9372 [Flight].jpg

IMG_9367 [Warm Winters].jpg

IMG_9134 [Centaur].jpg

IMG_9359 [Pink Pong].jpg

When dreams become purple.jpg

Dispersed Multiples.jpg

Never Be Walking.JPG

To the Farthest Land She Flies.jpg

Hami K_Plagued.jpg

Hami K_I See You Looking At Me.jpg

Boob-dha Man.jpg

Washing Away.jpg

Often They Come and Whisper the Unheard.jpg

Servile yet not surreal.jpg

Paralyzed By Wheels.jpg

I Hear _Em.jpg

IMG_7714 [Murm].jpg

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Tri(eye)gular | 13 x 14 in. | Graphite on wasli

Ad(Just) | 15 x 20 in. | Graphite on wasli

(Miss) Chief | 15 x 16 in. | Graphite, aluminum foil and wire on wasli

Bubby Gubby | 7 x 7 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Hindrance | 15 x 19 in. | Graphite on wasli

Froggy Broggy | 7.5 x 7.5 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Humpty Bumpty | 7 x 7 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Queen Bee | 7 x 8 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Teethy Weethy | 7.5 x 7.5 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Mr. Gee | 24 x 30 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

The Jolt | 17 x 18 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Cringe to the Fringe of Fear | 15 x 24 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Flight | 13 x 15 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Warm Winters | 7 x 9 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Centaur | 21 x 24 in. | Graphite on wasli

Pink Pong | 15 x 18 in. | Graphite, pom pom, and watercolor on wasli

Murm | 30 x 36 in. | Graphite on wasli

B-hive | 7 x 9 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

When Dreams Become Purple | 10 x 20 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Dispersed Multiples | 11 x 13 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

For-bitten | 22 x 27 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Hex-a-gal | 22 x 28 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Ommi | 22 x 28 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Foot-B | 6 x 10 in. | Graphite and watercolor no wasli

Lay/Lie | 6 x 12 in. | Graphite on wasli

Never Be Walking | 7 x 9 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Red Rising | 7 x 9 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Om | 9 x 10 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Hint of Another Dimension | 11 x 13 in. | Graphite on wasli

Plagued | 22 x 29 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

I See You Looking At Me! | 22 x 29 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Washing Away | 11 x 16 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Often They Come and Whisper the Unheard | 21 x 26 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Servile Yet Not Surreal | 11 x 14 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Paralyzed by Wheels | 7 x 9 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Foot-B | 6 x 10 in. | Graphite and watercolor no wasli

I Hear ‘Em…. | 9 x 11 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

To the Farthest Land She Flies | 21 x 27 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

Boob-dha Man | 7 x 7 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli

(Shame)leon Power | 13 x 19 in. | Graphite and watercolor on wasli