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The Sahmat Collective
Jessica Moss (Ed.)
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Description for The Sahmat Collective
Paperback. Explores the contemporary art scene in Delhi while meditating on the power of art as a tool for social change. This title documents the history of the organization through a series of case studies, each presenting scholarship, vivid images, reprints of original articles and essays, and interviews with the artists and organizers of each project. Editor(s): Moss, Jessica; Rahman, Ram. Num Pages: 300 pages, 420 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 282 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1668.
Founded in 1989, the influential Delhi-based artists' organization Sahmat, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, has offered a platform for artists, writers, poets, musicians, and actors to create and present works that promote artistic freedom and secular, egalitarian values. A companion to an exhibition of the same name at the Smart Museum of Art, "The Sahmat Collective" explores the contemporary art scene in Delhi while meditating on the power of art as a tool for social change. "The Sahmat Collective" documents the history of the organization through a series of case studies, each presenting new scholarship, vivid images, reprints of original ... Read more
Founded in 1989, the influential Delhi-based artists' organization Sahmat, the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust, has offered a platform for artists, writers, poets, musicians, and actors to create and present works that promote artistic freedom and secular, egalitarian values. A companion to an exhibition of the same name at the Smart Museum of Art, "The Sahmat Collective" explores the contemporary art scene in Delhi while meditating on the power of art as a tool for social change. "The Sahmat Collective" documents the history of the organization through a series of case studies, each presenting new scholarship, vivid images, reprints of original ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780935573534
SKU
V9780935573534
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About Jessica Moss (Ed.)
Jessica Moss is associate curator of contemporary art at the Smart Museum of Art. Ram Rahman is a photographer and independent curator based in New York and New Delhi. As a founding member of Sahmat, he has helped to curate and organize exhibitions, public performances, and symposia across India and North America. Both editors are cocurators of the exhibition The ... Read more
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