‘Asurya’ refers to a collection of spiritual beings, however each work in Sheth’s latest exhibition only ever portrays a single form in complete isolation. It is Sheth’s intention to express spiritual beings as individual and solitary forms that resist commitment to a definite reading. Instead they possess a sense of freedom from gender, reality and the literal human form.
By refusing to create a specific context or backdrop, Sheth attempts to evoke a sense of transience. Residing in neither the physical nor spiritual world, these ephemeral beings are in an undefined state.
Sheffer Gallery
5 to 15 March, 2014
Sydney
Instant Spirit (detail), 2013, oil on canvas, 91 x 91cm
Courtesy the artist and Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
