The Sangha

A group of 12 bronze sculpture, each about six feet high.

The idea behind the Sangha was to give life and palpable artistic form to spiritual seeking – the quest, the journey, the signposts. It is another expression of Shakti’s larger artistic idea that art should uplift and transform both the artist and the viewer through an integrated engagement of the senses, the emotions, and the mind.

The Sangha pivots around a pair – two joint figures, and on a moment, when a word spoken by one of them reaches the ear of the other. The other ten figures are gathered around this central pair and seem oriented to that delicate moment, as they listen in, and respond to what has been said with a range of movements and expressions – of concentration, of delight, of contemplation, of devotion, of rapture, of laughter…all stages and experiences that occur during a spiritual journey.

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