INDIA: Public Places, Private Spaces
October 15, 2008
By Stephanie Xenos
October 19, 2008–January 11, 2009
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Target Gallery
Curator: Bob Jacobsen
India: Public Spaces, Private Places is the Minneapolis Institute of Arts’s major fall exhibit as well as its first foray into contemporary Indian art. The exhibition focuses on photography and video art from twenty-eight Indian artists arranged into four broad categories: street life, the collision of public and private, personal identity, and the experience of immigrant Indians. It’s an extremely diverse collection of work that explores the many paradoxes of contemporary life in India and subverts the visual clichés about India that are so engrained in our collective psyche.
Note: INDIA: Public Places, Private Spaces was originally organized by The Newark Museum with major support provided by The Provident Bank and The Provident Bank Foundation.
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Lacuna in Testimony, 2003
Artist: Navjot Altaf
Three-channel video installation with seventy-two mirrors
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Navjot Altaf
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Farmer’s House from Through the Looking Glass: Television & Popular Culture in South Asia
Artists: Samar and Vijay Jodha
Twenty digitally projected photographs
Photography: Samar S. Jodha; Research and Editing: Vijay S. Jodha
Courtesy of the artists
Photo courtesy of Samar and Vijay Jodha
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Kissa-e-Noor Mohammed (Garam Hawa), 2004
Artist: Anita Dube
Single-channel video
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Anita Dube
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Southern Siren – Maheshwari, 2006
Artist: Tejal Shah
Digital photograph on archival photo paper
Courtesy of Thomas Erben Gallery, New York & Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
Collection of the artist
Photo courtesy of Thomas Erben Gallery, New York and Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
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Kite String Making, Surat, Gujarat, 1998
Artist: Ravi Agarwal
Color photograph, from the series Down and Out: Migrant Labor in Gujarat
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Ravi Agarwal
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Re-take of Amrita - Sisters with ‘Two Girls,’ 2001
Artist: Vivan Sundaram
Black and white photograph
Courtesy of Sepia International, New York
Photo courtesy of Sepia International, New York
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Queens, New York / Albert Embankment, London, 2001/03
Artist: Sunil Gupta
Color photograph, from the series Homelands
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Sunil Gupta
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Hasya from The Navarasa Suite, 2000-3
Artist: Pushpamala N.
Set of nine sepia-toned black and white photographs
Photography: JH Thakker and Vimal Thakker, India Photo Studio, Mumbai
Courtesy of Shumita and Arani Bose Collection, New York
Photo courtesy of Shumita and Arani Bose Collection, New York
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Gents Urinal, Old Delhi, 1991
Artist: Ram Rahman
Black and white photograph
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Ram Rahman
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Between One Shore and Several Others, 2005
Artist: Vivek Vilasini
Series of seven photographs
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Vivek Vilasini
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Pavement Mirror Shop, Howrah, West Bengal, 1991
Artist: Raghubir Singh
Color photograph
© Succession Raghubir Singh
Photo courtesy of Raghubir Singh
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Look of the Year Contest, Mumbai, 1998
Artist: Rajesh Vora
Black and white photograph
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Rajesh Vora
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Pure, 2000
Artist: Subodh Gupta
Single-channel video
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Subodh Gupta
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Regal Man, 2003
Artist: Shahid Datawala
Black and white photograph
© Shahid Datawala
Courtesy Tasveer/Foss-Gandi
Photo courtesy of Tasveer/Foss-Gandi
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Artist Making Local Call (detail), 2005
Artist: Jitish Kallat
Digital print on vinyl mesh
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Jitish Kallat
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Party for Indian Entrepreneurs, Washington DC, 2002
Artist: Gauri Gill
Color photograph, from the series The Americans
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Guari Gill
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Artist Making Local Call, 2005
Artist: Jitish Kallat
Digital print on vinyl mesh
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Jitish Kallat
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Rajiv Gandhi at the Funeral Pyre of his Mother, Indira Gandhi, 1984
Artist: Raghu Rai
Black and white photograph
Courtesy of the artist
Photo courtesy of Raghu Rai
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