Richard A. and Rissa W.Grossman Gallery, Williams Visual Arts Building, 243 North Third Street
Bhalla's photographs, performances, and sculpture has been described as having the characteristics of baptism and suicide, birth and death, and purification and contamination. India's rivers have long had religious significance in purifying and healing those that bathe in them. However, with overcrowding and immense poverty they have also become incredibly polluted and sites of disease. Bhalla seeks to explore the role of nature in the contemporary South Asian society and evaluates the forces at work in shaping both the environment and the future of its people.
The exhibition will include a sculpture installation, photographs, video, and watercolors. Guest curator Donna Gustafson, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University.
The artist will be in residence October 4 & 5.
