POSTDATE: Photography and Inherited History in India Reading the photograph is to read into all the things it says, and at least into some of the things it does not say. Listening to its silences is an act of the imagination. —Raqs Media Collective The contemporary South Asian artists in this exhibition take history into their own hands. They mine the uneasy legacy of […]
This event celebrates the publication of Postdate: Photography and Inherited History in India and the exhibition of the same title, on view at the San Jose Museum of Art, California, this summer and then on national tour. In considering the role of the artist as researcher, collector, activist, and documentarian, this panel examines the complex relationship between traditions […]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 5:30 P.M. RECEPTION | 6:30 P.M. PROGRAM POSTDATE ARTIST TALK: ANNU PALAKUNNATHU MATTHEW Living Between Cultures Photo-based artist Annu Palakunnathu Matthew will present her artwork that explores her experiences of living between cultures—England, India and the USA. Her work is influenced by this transnational experience and includes concepts related to being an […]
POSTDATE: Photography & Inherited History in India Two generations after the exultation of Independence and the concurrent horrors of Partition, contemporary Indian photographers reclaim and reappraise the history of colonialism in their country. These artists look closely and critically at historical Indian photography and draw on diverse sources of inspiration. They take matters of history into their own hands, […]
Followed by a book signing.