ROBERT JOHNSON of THE STAR LEDGER reviews SWAHA: RITUALS OF UNION

August 2010, The Star Ledger, Robert Johnson

Excerpt from the Article:

The women’s bodies, too, with all the sensuality of curved poses designed to accentuate their femininity, are placed in service to an ideal. The “union” in “Swaha: Rituals of Union” is a longed-for merger with the divine. When Taiis Pascal-Charles enters the space in semi-darkness, walking slowly in the glimmer of her adornments, viewers may feel that they, too, are approaching an encounter with the sacred. She tilts forward, balancing on one leg with her hands extended in prayer, and this simple image suggests so much. Reaching from the earth where her foot is firmly planted into a space of airy rapture, her pose suggests a hope both grounded and precarious. READ MORE