Tag Archives: painting
Colonial Rhythms
This project examines painting in India at the turn of the 19th century and photography in India in the later 19th century. What did paintings and photographs, particularly of people, … Continue reading
April 7, 2012
Modernity & Visual Culture
This project explores how Indian modernity is produced by and through the paradox of how to be both modern and Indian in the post-Independence period from 1947-1980. If the modern … Continue reading
April 6, 2012
Genealogy of Spinning
In an anti-colonial move toward Indian self-sufficiency, Gandhi in 1909 decided to revive the hand-spinning of cotton into thread. Gandhi’s programme of spinning (as practice) and deployment of the spinning … Continue reading
April 5, 2012
