Indian Art in Minneapolis

Contemporary Indian art is being displayed at the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts. It’s not Native American Art as Annu Palakunnatuhu Matthew made clear in her self portrait contrasted with a sepia tone photo by Curtis. Her collection was called An Indian from India, but the photograph display below was titled “Red Indian, Brown Indian.” If you visit her site she has an interesting series of photos called "Backlash in the wake of 9-11."

There was also a collection of portraits from a village in Karela of children with names such as Lenin, Stalin, Soviet Breeze, Ho Chi Minh, and Gramsci. The artist’s name was Vivek Vilasini. I couldn't take a picture of the exhibit; photography was not allowed.

The most moving of the photos at this exhibit I saw were ones by Raghu Rai, a photo-journalist considered to be one of India’s greatest photographers. A series of photos showed Indira Ghandi as head of state, with 1000s of people rushing the site of her body in state, her funeral pyre, and a group of siekh widows who were killed as revenge for the Indira’s assassination.

Here is the funeral pyre. These photos were much more than snapshots documenting history. The eyes of the people in the photos communicate with their viewers.

Comments

[Slugbug]

That is really cool!

[Breemeexpow]

Gunderson just laid off 50% of its first year class: http://www.jdjournal.com