Dawon Singh’s body is patterned with symmetrical, ancient- looking geometry, ceremonial yet futuristic. His form carries Aztec-Mayan rhythmic symmetry, rendered like tattooed armour. The stylised ॐ and trishul appear not as decoration but as protective emblems, as though inscribed by time itself. He represents strength expressed without cruelty, the sovereign guardian who protects without dominating. His palette is earthy, metallic, both ancient and forward- leaning, giving him the presence of a mythic sentinel returned to contemporary consciousness.
A vivid, contemporary reimagining of Shiva’s cosmology- where ancient symbols, sacred animals, and lush couture- coded colour palettes merge with the rawness of street textures and modern India. Each work brings together the ornamental and the primal, the spiritual and the urban, the divine and the everyday contradiction of a culture that reveres animals in myth yet neglects them in life.
Across the series appears Shiva’s powerful liberation mantra, written in full:
“ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्।”
(“Free us from bondage; restore us to ourselves.”)
The series returns Shiva to his essence: the wild, free, untamed consciousness- dreadlocked, dancing, unconcerned with norms, unshackled by shame, embodying OM as the pulse of liberation.
Every canvas becomes a mantra in itself: a reminder that all life is sacred.
