‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ The World is One Family by Italian artist Tarshito N. Strippoli is on display at Crafts Museum from 5th March to 15th April 2024. The exhibition has been curated by Tunty Chauhan (Founder of Threshold Art Gallery).
Born Nicola Strippoli in 1952 in Apulia, Italy, he was given the name ‘Tarshito’, meaning seeker of inner knowledge, by his guru Osho, Bhagwan Rajneesh, whom he met on his first trip to India in 1979. For over forty-five years, in his prolific, sometimes simultaneous careers as an architect, artist, sculptor, gallerist, teacher and performer, Tarshito has revealed a dazzling creative universe to the world.
For this exhibition, he has created map artworks collaboratively with indigenous artists, exploring the physical and cultural geography he encounters while travelling globally. He began redrawing the world as he saw it, sans boundaries, to highlight the importance of connection beyond time and place. He draws from ancient traditions, revived by them at his core and revitalizing them through his artistic expressions.