Artist : Zaahirah Muthy
Country: Mauritius
Artist Biography:
Zaahirah Muthy is a Mauritian-born artist, curator, and social entrepreneur based in Dubai for over 15 years. With over two decades of experience, she works at the intersection of art and impact, using creativity to advance the SDGs through ZeeArts Gallery. As Founder of Art Connects Women, she has built a global platform empowering female artists and fostering cross-cultural exchange. Internationally awarded, her recognitions include honors from Italy, India, Mauritius, and France. Her mixed-media practice explores spirituality, identity, and nature, with works exhibited in over 25 countries. She has held seven solo exhibitions and curated more than 87 shows worldwide.
Cheers Above Empty Bowls
80cm x 80cm
Acrylic on Canvas
Reflects the painful paradox of a world filled with celebration and abundance while millions continue to suffer in silence. Inspired by the reality that more than 1.33 million people globally are currently experiencing active famine, the artwork questions humanity’s collective conscience and the growing divide between privilege and survival.
The contrast between celebration and emptiness symbolizes the inequality that persists across borders. While some raise glasses in joy, others struggle daily for the most basic human necessity: food. The empty bowls become silent witnesses to lives too often ignored beneath the noise of prosperity.
Dominated by shades of blue, the artwork uses water and the ocean as symbols of connection. Oceans flow beyond borders, linking continents, cultures, and humanity itself. The blue tones represent both hope and sorrow — hope for unity and collective action, and sorrow for those left behind.
Through its visual language, Cheers Above Empty Bowls is both a reflection and a call for empathy. It urges viewers to recognize that in a deeply interconnected world, famine is not a distant tragedy but a shared human responsibility.
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