ART INTERVIEW
Human touch
Exhibition combines grassroots community work with art as social commentary
- Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Life
Sheelah Murthy wears many hats. Besides being a classroom teacher, college professor and community activist, US-born and Thailand-based artist Murthy is also a trained massage therapist. Her first lessons on the power of touch in healing date back to when she was a volunteer at an HIV Wellness Clinic.
Sheelah Murthy’s ‘Economies Of Touch’ at H Gallery.
In her current exhibition in Bangkok, "Economies Of Touch", Murthy renders her ability and fascination in the art of physical intimacy of touch when entangled with a complex global economy.
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