Description: First major survey exhibition of the multi-layered photographic oeuvre of the Indian artist
The artist and photographer Gauri Gill has been examining the everyday life of the rural population outside India's urban centers for over two decades now. Her quiet, concentrated photographs focus the viewer's gaze on barely perceived peripheral areas in Indian society. In an open, dialogical process that eschews documentary conventions, she has dedicated herself to concerns related to survival and self-assertion, identity and belonging, and also to conceptual questions of memory and authorship.The exhibition and book bring together about 200 pieces from Gauri Gill's pivotal series like the long-term project Notes from the Desert. A particular focus is on Gill's collaborative approach and her work with artists from rural regions.Brief description: Gauri Gill (b. 1970) is an Indian contemporary photographer who lives in New Delhi. She has been called "one of India's most respected photographers" by the New York Times and one of "the most thoughtful photographers active in India today" in The Wire. In 2011 Gill was awarded the Grange Prize, Canada's most prestigious contemporary photography award. Gill earned a BFA (Applied Art) from the College of Art, New Delhi; BFA (Photography) from Parsons School of Design/The New School, New York and MFA (Art) from Stanford University, California. She has exhibited within India and internationally, her work is in the collections of prominent institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Tate Museum, London.