India : contemporary photographic and new media art / conceived and edited by Steven Evans, Sunil Gupta ; introduction, Steven Evans ; essays, Zahid R. Chaudhary, Sunil Gupta, Nada Raza, Gayatri Sinha.
Publisher:
Schilt Publishing ;
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm
Catalog of the 17th FotoFest Biennial held in Houston, Texas, March 10 - April 22, 2018. Includes artists: Indu Antony, Pablo Bartholomew, Atul Bhalla, Mohini Chandra, Sheba Chhachhi, Serena Chopra, Tenzing Dakpa, Sarindar Dhaliwal, Anita Dube, Gauri Gill, Chandan Gomes, Shilpa Gupta, Shivani Gupta, Vinit Gupta, Apoorva Guptay, Abhishek Hazra, Sohrab Hura, Manoj Kumar Jain, Samar Singh Jodha, Ranbir Kaleka, Rashmi Kaleka, Max Kandhola, Roshini Kempadoo, Asif Khan, Anita Khemka and Imran B. Kokiloo, Sandip Kuriakose, Dhruv Malhotra, Arun Vijai Mathavan, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Uzma Mohsin, Nandini Valli Muthiah, Pushpamala N., Dileep Prakash, Ram Rahman, Raqs Media Collective, Anoop Ray, Vicky Roy, Vidisha Saini, Hemant Sareen, Gigi Scaria, Mithu Sen, Rishi Singhal, Leila Sujir, Ishan Tankha, Prince Varughese Thomas, and Anusha Yadav. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Biographies. Zahid R. Chaudhary -- In search of contemporary Indian photography / Sunil Gupta -- A fine line : the still and shifting lens in contemporary Indian photography / Gayatri Sinha -- Impersonation, self-invention and memory : iconicity and mimesis in South Asian photography / Nada Raza -- On finitude : life and death under neoliberalism / Zahid R. Chaudhary -- Artists -- Biographies.
Summary:
This book presents 48 contemporary artists and collectives working in dialogue with the long history and emergent future of India and its people. Its focus lies on the contemporary moment through a range of approaches, including art photography, new media, installation, moving image, journalism, and documentary photography. Themes include caste and class, the partitioning of the subcontinent, gender and sexuality, activism and conflict, racism, religion, nationalism, new technologies and development, the environment, human settlement, migration, and integration.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.