Anna McNay
22/09/25
Slough might not strike you as the most obvious place to go for cutting-edge contemporary art, but prepare to be persuaded otherwise. Co-founded in 2017 by Deep K Kailey, formerly a fashion director at Tatler and fashion editor at Vogue India (London), Without Shape Without Form (WSWF) is an assembly of contemporary artists, cultural practitioners and thinkers committed to making self-discovery accessible through art. Although guided by insights and tools from more than 500 years of Sikh knowledge, the work carried out by WSWF is applicable to everyone, regardless of cultural background or beliefs. Kailey says: “WSWF ties a knot to the past, before religious lines were drawn, and throws the rope forward, using a mental health perspective and a disruptive exhibition model.” Indeed, housed in a former Citroën showroom on the Slough trading estate, there is little conventionality to WSWF’s progressive and accessible exhibition architecture.

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