These abstract portraits are part  of my research into worship  and mourning through a vocabulary of movements, from the perspective of the worshippers relationship with a bodily extension ( a prosthesis, in this case a turban) and consequently his god, prioritising his gestures and their historical weight in worship.

My research into the idea, the mechanics and the potential in the gesture of wearing a prosthesis in worship ( in this case , a turban) abstracted into shapes and forms found in drawings and in sculpture.

                                                           Paintings from the exhibition 'Cage of Deliverance'  in August 2016 at Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. See also      http://cageofdeliverance.blogspot.com

Paintings from the exhibition 'Cage of Deliverance'  in August 2016 at Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur. See also      http://cageofdeliverance.blogspot.com

These abstract portraits are part  of my research into worship through a vocabulary of movements, from the perspective of the worshipers relationship with (or without)  a bodily extension ( a prosthesis, in this case a turban, a kavadi and a tibetian prayer wheel) and consequently his god, prioritising his gestures and their historical weight in worship.

Rajinder Singh  is an artist and researcher who holds an enduring interest in South Asian magico-religious belief systems and the shape and space that they deny us. His practice is dedicated to the vulnerability of the body and its pain, hidden behind the gestures and movements of worship and the grace of dance. Through his multifaceted practice Rajinder explores the variety of ways the human body unfolds at the intersections of the world of the otherworldly and the dynamics of global modernity.

My research into the idea, the mechanics and the potential in the gesture of wearing a prosthesis in worship ( in this case , a turban) abstracted into shapes and forms found in drawings and in sculpture.

My research into the idea, the mechanics and the potential in the gesture of wearing a prosthesis in worship ( in this case , a turban) abstracted into shapes and forms found in drawings and in sculpture.