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KETNA PATEL ART STUDIO

WAKE UP!

WAKE UP!

£250.00 GBP
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In "Wake Up," a man split in two—half Shiva, half Jesus—stands over a woman asleep on her bed, a laptop open over her. Floating trees with exposed roots fill the background, symbolizing consciousness untethered from the body, just as these trees are unanchored from the earth. This painting explores the divide between our conditioned selves and our true essence. Through the symbolism of Jesus and Shiva—figures of resurrection and renewal—it invites us to awaken to our "real" selves, the soul that transcends ego and cultural programming. This fusion of Eastern and Western spiritual philosophy urges viewers to shed old constructs, reconnect with one another, and embrace the possibility of transformation and self-discovery each day.

An alternative descripition for Easter Friday:

REBIRTH.
I made this piece as a confrontation.
Two forces. Two mirrors.
Jesus Christ and Shiva — not as opposites, but as facilitators of the same truth: you don’t get to be reborn without first dying.
And today — Easter Friday — sits right inside that truth.
A day that isn’t about celebration yet. It’s about surrender. Endings. The uncomfortable stillness before transformation. The moment where everything familiar collapses… and you don’t yet know what comes next.
Not physical death.
But psychological. Systemic. Spiritual.
We’re living through turbulent times where the old programming is cracking, yet still clinging on like rusted scaffolding. Systems that trained us to comply, to shrink, to trade imagination for security. To become well-dressed, well-behaved cogs in a machine that doesn’t even know our names.
And here’s the uncomfortable bit: a lot of it worked.
We dimmed our curiosity. We outsourced our thinking.
Yesterday I watched Metropolis — that haunting black and white vision of humans swallowed by an all-consuming machine. Nearly a century old, and still painfully relevant. The same tension: the divine and the human versus the system that wants to own both.
This artwork is my refusal.
A wake-up call — literally.
To the sleeping self.
To the conditioned self.
To the version of us that kept saying “this is just how things are.”
No.
Easter isn’t just resurrection.
It’s the courage to pass through the collapse first.
To let the obedient parts die.
The unquestioning parts.
The ones that traded creativity for comfort.
Because what comes after… is not just rebirth.
It’s awakening.
And that’s where the real work begins.

Each edition is a finely crafted piece of art, individually titled, numbered, and signed by Ketna Patel. Depending on the work’s nature, it is produced either as a C-Type print on Fuji gloss paper or as a Giclée print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag paper, both ensuring archival durability and suitability for diverse climates, including humid environments like Singapore. Prints are created at esteemed studios in London, Singapore, or New Delhi, using premium archival materials. Limited to 50 copies per size (150 total unframed), each is shipped carefully rolled in a poster tube. For a slick, glossy, contemporary look, the artwork is also offered as Acrylic or HD Metal prints, each limited to 25 per size. Acrylic prints are made on 5mm thick, 70% recycled glossy acrylic with a premium foil backing that amplifies colour richness and depth, framed in white, black, or natural wood. HD Metal versions utilize dye sublimation on scratch-resistant, waterproof aluminium, producing vivid, sharp images suited for indoor or outdoor display with a frameless floating effect. Both formats come with prefitted hanging systems and spacers for easy installation. Each piece is made to order with a 10-day production timeframe, ensuring exclusivity and meticulous record-keeping to prevent duplication.

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