The exhibition featured 19 celebrated photographers drawn from the Gaur Collection. The artists explore myriad themes, from gender, class, and social issues to globalism, cultural hybridity, and diaspora. Whether navigating personal revelations and pasts, embracing cultural contradictions, or investigating the political complexities of a nation during rapid change, these artists reflect on life in the subcontinent and offer their unique perspectives through narrative, portrait, performance, and street photography.
Artists
Ravi Agarwal, Atul Bhalla, Sheba Chhachhi, Shilpa Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Naveen Kishore, Riyas Komu, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Akbar Padamsee, Pushpamala N., Ram Rahman, Raghu Rai, Rashid Rana, Gigi Scaria, Ketaki Sheth, Dayanita Singh, Raghubir Singh, Vivan Sundaram, and Vivek Vilasini
A fully illustrated catalog was published in conjunction with the exhibition.
Consulting curator and catalog editor: Jeffrey Wechsler
Project Director: Chole Zaug (MassArt)
Main Essay: Gayatri Sinha “Return of the Gaze – Indian Photography in Cosmopolitan Contexts”
The publication was made possible by support from Umesh and Sunanda Gaur.