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Moving Still

Performative Photography in India

Diana Freundl, Gayatri Sinha. In collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery

Moving Still: Performative Photography from India explores themes of migration, gender, religion and national identity through the lens of performative photography.

Moving Still focuses on the photo-based practices of contemporary artists who are rooted in the diversity of cultures within the country, while at the same time engaging in a global dialogue.

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Book Description

Moving Still: Performative Photography in India explores themes of migration, gender, religion and national identity through the lens of modern and contemporary photography in India. While exploring the early beginnings of photography in India with works from Ram Singh II and Umrao Singh Sher-Gil, the primary focus of this publication is the lens-based practices of contemporary artists such as Naveen Kishore, Atul Bhalla, Tejal Shah, Vivan Sundaram, Sunil Gupta, Anita Dube and Pushpamala N. Artists rooted in the diversity of cultures and multiplicity within the country, while at the same time engaged in a global dialogue. The publication includes profiles on each of the participating artists, a timeline on the history of performative photography compiled by Critical Collective, as well as feature essays by Diana Freundl, Associate Curator, Asian Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and Gayatri Sinha, art critic and curator, that together expand on the historical importance and relevance of photography as an artistic medium in India as well as the development of performative photography.

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BOOK DETAILS

  • Hardcover
  • 6.5 × 9.5 inches
  • 160 pages
  • 978-1-77327-049-4
  • $35.00 CAD / $30 USD
  • April 2019