Mario D’Souza, Mumbai

ARCHIVED: In his work home away from home, Mario d’Souza explores colour and texture through the lens of interpersonal and societal separations that arise due to differences in culture. Here, d’Souza explores the various forms a textile can take on and how elements embedded in their cultural symbolism are routinely used and expressed by the people he interacts with. Using his hybrid background as an Indian-French person as a pathway to deliver an awareness of thought, spiritual principles, multiculturalism, migration, identity and self-exploration, d’Souza creates an environment that envelops the viewer in another culture and experience, something he calls his swaddharma: ‘home away from home’.

The Show Windows, which is produced as part of the Coventry City of Culture programme, is inspired by L Frank Baum (author of the Oz books) and his publication on the art of shop windows displays.

The Show Windows is co-produced in Partnership by Coventry City of Culture Trust, Coventry Business Improvement District and RIBA and curated by Charlie Levine. The Show Windows is funded by Arts Council England. The Show Windows: Mumabi is co-produced with SqW:Lab and Tarq.