This exhibition, the first one of its kind in North America, will change your view of India.  Devoted to contemporary photography and video art in India, this show is comprised of over 100 works that vividly reflect the interior and exterior realities of today's India.

Come view the works of 28 photographers and video artists, including Raghu Rai and the late Raghubir Singh, and emerging talents such as Tejal Shah and Shilpa Gupta.  Each artist has used his or her medium to provide rich insights into the dynamics shaping the contemporary Indian psyche.

This unexpected and revealing exhibition demonstrates the artistic vitality arising from extreme economic and political shifts, the pervasive influence of the media, and cultural traditions competing with globalization.

Zette Emmons, Newark Museum's Manager of Traveling Exhibitions, serves as the exhibition's Project Manager.  She, along with Co-Curators Gayatri Sinha, Independent Curator and Art Critic in India, and Paul Sternberger, Associate Professor of Art History, Rutgers University, have coordinated the development of this exhibition.


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Exhibition Catalogue
In conjunction with the exhibition, a 164-page catalogue has been produced containing original essays by the exhibition co-curators, Gayatri Sinha, independent curator and art critic in India, and Paul Sternberger, Associate Professor of Art History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Newark) as well as by award-winning author Suketu Mehta, and Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Film and Media, Museum of Modern Art, New York.  To purchase a catalogue, please click here or call 973-596-6362.


This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of

The Provident Bank and The Provident Bank Foundation

 

Additional support provided by:

E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Poonam Khubani
Marguerite and Kent Srikanth Charugundla
New Jersey Council for the Humanities
The Hite Foundation
Asian Cultural Council
Dr. Umesh Gaur and Dr. Sunanda Gaur
Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Continental Airlines


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Images:

Banner: Navjot Altaf, Lacuna in Testimony, 2003, Video, triple projection, sound, 72 mirrors on floor

Above: Re-Take of Amrita, Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future, 2001; Image courtesy of Sepia International