Wicked humour and dark truth come together in Toronto-based Maria Qamar's art.
The pop artist's satirical work, which takes a jibe at South Asian 'aunties' everywhere, has gained a massive fan following across the globe – her Instagram handle @hatecopy, where she uploads her artwork, has over 70,000 followers and counting.
Maria Qamar's art depicts the dilemmas 'brown' women face regardless of whether they are in South Asia or living in the West. Her latest comic book titled 'Trust No Aunty' takes the puns to a step further.
The book fuses together a classic Lichtenstein style with the melodrama of typical South Asian households, and highlights overprotective parents, scandalised aunties and young women defying them all.
Maria Qamar was born in Karachi to a Bihari father and Gujarati mother and moved to Canada with her family in 2000 at the age of 11. Growing up as a 'brown' girl in the West, she faced several challenges arising from a collision of cultures and decided to pen them down in her sketches.
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