Shakti - Sharmila Samant at Oriel Davies

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In collaboration with National Trust, Oriel Davies and WAVE - Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Meadow Arts is proud to present Shakti, an ambitious contemporary arts programme that unfolds across four venues in both England and Wales, exploring the cultural and artistic relationship between Britain and the Indian Subcontinent. The four art exhibitions that make up Shakti examine the strong cultural and artistic attractions or tensions that lie beneath the more conventionally explored economic and political discourses between the UK and the subcontinent. The many important historic collections of South Asian art in this country show a degree of understanding, curiosity and admiration of these cultures. In response, Shakti's contemporary artists show a formidable engagement and channelling of creative powers, which is one of the meanings of the Sanskrit word Shakti. Celebrated contemporary art centre Oriel Davies presents the first solo exhibition of Indian artist Sharmila Samant's work in the UK, coinciding with the culmination of the artist's residency at nearby Powis Castle. Samant investigates political and economic realities in her work, against a background of local and traditional means of production.