"Photographing the Metropolitan" photography exhibition curated by Sunil Gupta at Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 28th March-8th April 2011
Time :
28th March : 7:00 pm onwards
28th March to 8th April : 10:00 am - 7:00 (except Sundays and public holidays)
Entry : Free
Event Details : 'Photographing the Metropolitan' photography exhibition curated by Sunil Gupta.
The photographer Verena Jaekel (Berlin) and the artist Sandip Kuriakose (Delhi) met last summer and discovered that they shared a common point of departure in the construction of the metro and its impact on the metropolis. Metro is the short form of metropolitan and conveys the aspirational sensibility of a citizenry that feels a need to belong to an urbane, sophisticated metropolitan post-modern world. Another variation might be the ‘metropole’ or the mother-city. Not only is Delhi the seat of national power with the rest of India at its periphery, it’s also wanting to connect with other metropolises in the world as their equal.
Verena Jaekel trained as a photographer in Berlin and is part of a younger generation in Germany influenced by the ‘Dusseldorf School’. In that sense she is a classic documentary photographer observing her scenes with great technical precision. For her, “the focus of these portraits is on the transformational processes affecting the metropolis’ infrastructure. The photos are devoid of people, thus featuring only the construction process of a ‘new’ mobility.”
Sandip Kuriakose, a recent graduate of the Delhi College of Art, uses the photographic image as a starting point to create complex collages involving patterns that emerge from the original photographs as well as text. His work, ‘RisePowerFall’ shows “Sexualised bodies symbolising the dialectical reversals of struggles for dominance, and also a fragility behind this façade of strength. Fragmentary texts function as a meta-narrative on this struggle.”
Curator: Sunil Gupta
Assistant Curator: Charan Singh
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28th March : 7:00 pm onwards
28th March to 8th April : 10:00 am - 7:00 (except Sundays and public holidays)
Entry : Free
Place : Siddhartha Hall, Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001
The photographer Verena Jaekel (Berlin) and the artist Sandip Kuriakose (Delhi) met last summer and discovered that they shared a common point of departure in the construction of the metro and its impact on the metropolis. Metro is the short form of metropolitan and conveys the aspirational sensibility of a citizenry that feels a need to belong to an urbane, sophisticated metropolitan post-modern world. Another variation might be the ‘metropole’ or the mother-city. Not only is Delhi the seat of national power with the rest of India at its periphery, it’s also wanting to connect with other metropolises in the world as their equal.
Verena Jaekel trained as a photographer in Berlin and is part of a younger generation in Germany influenced by the ‘Dusseldorf School’. In that sense she is a classic documentary photographer observing her scenes with great technical precision. For her, “the focus of these portraits is on the transformational processes affecting the metropolis’ infrastructure. The photos are devoid of people, thus featuring only the construction process of a ‘new’ mobility.”
Sandip Kuriakose, a recent graduate of the Delhi College of Art, uses the photographic image as a starting point to create complex collages involving patterns that emerge from the original photographs as well as text. His work, ‘RisePowerFall’ shows “Sexualised bodies symbolising the dialectical reversals of struggles for dominance, and also a fragility behind this façade of strength. Fragmentary texts function as a meta-narrative on this struggle.”
Curator: Sunil Gupta
Assistant Curator: Charan Singh
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"Photographing the Metropolitan" photography exhibition curated by Sunil Gupta at Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 28th March-8th April 2011
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