Postdate - Photography and Inherited History in India

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-520-28569-9
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 244 mm x 295 mm, Gewicht: 1254 g

Two generations after the exultation of Independence and the concurrent horrors of Partition, contemporary artists mine the uneasy history of photography in India as a means to challenge outmoded narratives, share hidden stories, and make personal connections with tradition. Taking history into their own hands, figures such as Nandan Ghiya, Gauri Gill, Jitish Kallat, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Madhuban Mitra and Manas Bhattacharya, Pushpamala N., Raqs Media Collective, Vivan Sundaram, and Surekha draw on a diverse range of sources, from ethnographic photographs made at the height of the British occupation to hand-painted studio portraits and stills from Bollywood movies. Weighing the influence of the global against the draw of the local, these artists embrace tradition and innovation as covalent rather than competitive forces. Marking the US debut of several of the featured artists, Postdate: Photography and Inherited History in India deepens our understanding of the legacy of colonialism and celebrates new and socially engaged modes of image-making in South Asia.

Published in association with the San Jose Museum of Art

Autoren/Hrsg.

Throckmorton, Jodi

Gupta, Atreyee

Gupta, Latika

Krane, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunst: Rezeption, Einflüsse und Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Besondere Themen und Arten der Fotografie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie Fotografie: Geschichte und Sammlungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction (Susan Krane)
Acknowledgments (Jodi Throckmorton)

ESSAYS
Photography and Inherited History in India (Jodi Throckmorton)
Belatedness and Simultaneity: A Short History of Photography from India (Atreyee Gupta)

ARTISTS
Latika Gupta with Jodi Throckmorton
Nandan Ghiya
Gauri Gill
Jitish Kallat
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Madhuban Mitra and Manas Bhattacharya
Pushpamala N. and Clare Arni
Raqs Media Collective
Vivan Sundaram
Surekha

RAQS MEDIA COLLECTIVE
It is a Comfort to Gaze at You
In the Theater of Memory: The Work of Contemporary Art in the Photographic Archive

Über Autor(innen)

Jodi Throckmorton was recently appointed Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She previously served as Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University. Throckmorton was Associate Curator at the San Jose Museum of Art from 2007 to 2013, during the conception and organization of this project, and while there she also co-organized and co-authored Dive Deep: Eric Fischl and the Process of Painting.