India: Public Places, Private Spaces
A major exhibition of India’s contemporary photography and video art, the first of its kind in North America, is to be seen at The Newark Museum. India: Public Places, Private Spaces – Contemporary Photography and Video Art includes more than 100 works that vividly reflect the interior and exterior realities of contemporary India, as captured by 28 photographers and video artists. Among the featured artists are internationally-renowned photographers Raghu Rai and the late Raghubir Singh, as well as emerging talents Tejal Shah and Shilpa Gupta. The exhibition, which was designed to heighten awareness and appreciation for the artists and art being created in India today, focuses on works produced since 1984; they will be on view
through January 6, 2008.
Each artist has used his or her medium to provide rich insight into the dynamics shaping the contemporary Indian psyche. This revealing exhibition explores the artistic vitality that arises from extreme economic and political shifts, the pervasive influence of the media, and the cultural traditions competing with globalization. Some of the artists have bent the strong tradition of photojournalism to explore more subjective modes of photography that still include socially and politically engaged street photography. Some treat photography and video as overtly interpretive media that extend into social analysis. Others construct elaborate fictions with self-portraiture and performance to create deeply personal, often enigmatic narrative histories. In addition to Rai, Singh, Shah and Gupta, the artists represented are: Ravi Agarwal, Navjot Altaf, Pablo Bartholomew, Atul Bhalla, Shahid Datawala, Anita Dube, Gauri Gill, Sunil Gupta, Subodh Gupta,Vijay and Samar Singh Jodha, Ranbir Kaleka, Jitish Kallat, Sonia Khurana, Shantanu Lodh, Anna Palakunnathu Matthew, Pushpamala N., Ram Rahman, Gigi Scaria, Vivan Sundaram, Surekha, Manish Swarup,Vivek Vilasini and Rajesh Vora.
“The Newark Museum is so pleased to recognize the achievements of photographers and video artists working in India during these last twenty years,” commented Mary Sue Sweeney Price, the Director of The Newark Museum. “It is highly appropriate for the Museum to debut this groundbreaking exhibition, given the equally unprecedented growth and influence of the Indian diaspora in this country, New Jersey being home to one of its largest Indian-American communities.”
The exhibition is the culmination of several years of research and coordination by cocurators Gayatri Sinha, an independent curator and art critic in India, and Paul Sternberger, Associate Professor of Art History at Rutgers – The State University, Newark, New Jersey. The curators also contributed to the exhibition catalog, as did award-winning author Suketu Mehta and Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Film and Media, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Zette Emmons, The Newark Museum’s Manager of Traveling Exhibitions, serves as the project director.
The 15-week run of India: Public Places, Private Spaces will be enhanced by a series of public programs including an evening with writers, filmmakers and artists; gallery tours and talks with special emphasis on the Museum’s large and distinguished collection of Indian art covering two millennia, with particular strengths in stone images and textiles; and a workshop introducing adults to artistic photographic and video techniques.
The Newark Museum is located at 49 Washington Street in the Downtown/Arts District of Newark, New Jersey, just a few steps from the new NJTransit Light Rail Washington Park Station. Direct connection with the Light Rail at the Broad Street Station and through Penn Station makes the Museum a convenient ride from all points in the region.
The Museum is open all year round: Wednesdays through Fridays, from Noon - 5:00 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., October 1 – June 30; and Saturdays and Sundays, from Noon – 5:00 p.m., July 1 – September 30. Suggested Museum admission: Adults, $7.00; Children, Seniors and Students with valid I.D., $3.00. Members are admitted free.
through January 6, 2008.
Each artist has used his or her medium to provide rich insight into the dynamics shaping the contemporary Indian psyche. This revealing exhibition explores the artistic vitality that arises from extreme economic and political shifts, the pervasive influence of the media, and the cultural traditions competing with globalization. Some of the artists have bent the strong tradition of photojournalism to explore more subjective modes of photography that still include socially and politically engaged street photography. Some treat photography and video as overtly interpretive media that extend into social analysis. Others construct elaborate fictions with self-portraiture and performance to create deeply personal, often enigmatic narrative histories. In addition to Rai, Singh, Shah and Gupta, the artists represented are: Ravi Agarwal, Navjot Altaf, Pablo Bartholomew, Atul Bhalla, Shahid Datawala, Anita Dube, Gauri Gill, Sunil Gupta, Subodh Gupta,Vijay and Samar Singh Jodha, Ranbir Kaleka, Jitish Kallat, Sonia Khurana, Shantanu Lodh, Anna Palakunnathu Matthew, Pushpamala N., Ram Rahman, Gigi Scaria, Vivan Sundaram, Surekha, Manish Swarup,Vivek Vilasini and Rajesh Vora.
“The Newark Museum is so pleased to recognize the achievements of photographers and video artists working in India during these last twenty years,” commented Mary Sue Sweeney Price, the Director of The Newark Museum. “It is highly appropriate for the Museum to debut this groundbreaking exhibition, given the equally unprecedented growth and influence of the Indian diaspora in this country, New Jersey being home to one of its largest Indian-American communities.”
The exhibition is the culmination of several years of research and coordination by cocurators Gayatri Sinha, an independent curator and art critic in India, and Paul Sternberger, Associate Professor of Art History at Rutgers – The State University, Newark, New Jersey. The curators also contributed to the exhibition catalog, as did award-winning author Suketu Mehta and Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Film and Media, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Zette Emmons, The Newark Museum’s Manager of Traveling Exhibitions, serves as the project director.
The 15-week run of India: Public Places, Private Spaces will be enhanced by a series of public programs including an evening with writers, filmmakers and artists; gallery tours and talks with special emphasis on the Museum’s large and distinguished collection of Indian art covering two millennia, with particular strengths in stone images and textiles; and a workshop introducing adults to artistic photographic and video techniques.
The Newark Museum is located at 49 Washington Street in the Downtown/Arts District of Newark, New Jersey, just a few steps from the new NJTransit Light Rail Washington Park Station. Direct connection with the Light Rail at the Broad Street Station and through Penn Station makes the Museum a convenient ride from all points in the region.
The Museum is open all year round: Wednesdays through Fridays, from Noon - 5:00 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., October 1 – June 30; and Saturdays and Sundays, from Noon – 5:00 p.m., July 1 – September 30. Suggested Museum admission: Adults, $7.00; Children, Seniors and Students with valid I.D., $3.00. Members are admitted free.
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