The Resurrection 

With this series, Inderjeet Sandhu reflects on the discrepancies between the religions practiced in- and outside his childhood home, particularly the contradictory views on nudity and sexuality they present. Despite an outward embrace of sexual freedom, Western culture retains traces of Christian chastity—rooted in practices like the 16th-century “fig leaf” censorship following the Council of Trent, where nudity in art was obscured to align with religious modesty. Today, modesty, shame, and penance still influence who is seen as saintly or sinful in Western contexts.

In Inderjeet’s personal experience, erotica and sexuality were a non-topic at home, while he was able to speak freely about them outside. This leads to a complex interaction between his Dutch-Indian background and the differing cultural norms. How can these conflicting rules and interests be reconciled when you find yourself between religions, cultures, and homes?

With The Resurrection, Inderjeet aims to rewrite these archaic views on sexuality and religion by literally setting them in stone. He subverts the histories of traditional objects by infusing them with sexual symbols and iconography, displaying them in spaces where they traditionally “don’t belong.” Here, he envisions new places where the forces that often make one feel less at home might finally be resolved.