Galerie ISA prsents the American, Udaipur-based artist Waswo X. Waswo for his new show titled Heaven (And That Other Place).
In this new show, Waswo explores the concept of mortality, but through a spiritual lens, with the hope that an awakening to life’s wonders will replace the fear and trepidation that the ideas of death and beyond cause. In the title, the artist aims for ‘that other place’ to be imagined and seen through multiple or singular religious or non-denominational lenses, reflecting both the universality of this experience, but also its very uniqueness.
Waswo’s exhibition furthers the thesis explored in the artist’s last solo that was titled Last Ride in the Wild, Wild, East. That show held a strong reference to the Goddess Kalki, known for being a protector in extreme crisis, and also Kalki as an avatar of the chaos preceding the end of the world. But while the previous show thematically mirrored the divisive times we live in (still incredibly relevant today), Heaven and That Other Place is more personal; a crisis of faith (and fate!) approached via humor, wit and spirituality.
Find out more about the show here.