Research Catalog

Title

Raghubir Singh : Modernism on the Ganges / Mia Fineman ; with contributions by Amit Chaudhuri, Shanay Jhaveri, and Partha Mitter.

Author

Fineman, Mia

Publication

• New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2017]
• New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chaudhuri, Amit, 1962-
• Jhaveri, Shanay
• Mitter, Partha
• Singh, Raghubir
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, host institution
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution
• Royal Ontario Museum, host institution

Description

176 pages : color illustrations; 24 x 29 cm

Summary

Raghubir Singh (1942-1999) was a pioneer of color street photography who worked and published prolifically from the late 1960s until his death in 1999 at age 56. His vivid, intensely hued photographs capture rural and urban India and iconic depictions of Indian culture though a truly cosmopolitan approach that succeeded in blending East and West. This richly illustrated volume studies in depth the full breadth of Singh's work, situating it at the intersection of Western Modernism and traditional South Asian modes of picturing the world. The book showcases 90 of his photographs, including some previously unpublished images, in counterpoint both with the work of his contemporaries and with images of traditional South Asian artworks that inspired his practice.

Alternative Title

Modernism on the Ganges

Subject

• Singh, Raghubir > Exhibitions
• Singh, Raghubir > Criticism and interpretation
• Singh, Raghubir
• Photographers > India > Biography
• Photography, Artistic > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Street photography > India > Exhibitions
• Modernism (Art) > India > Exhibitions
• Illustrated books
• Modernism (Art)
• Travel
• India > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
• India

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition, pictorial works.

Note

• This catalogue is published in conjunction with "Modernism on the Ganges: Raghubir Singh Photographs" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 11, 2017, through January 2, 2018; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 3-June 3, 2018; and Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, July-October 2018.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Ganges side of modernism / Mia Fineman -- An iconic photographer of India / Partha Mitter -- "Like Rajasthan, I too have changed": some books by Raghubir Singh / Shanay Jhaveri -- The ambiguity of decline and renewal.

Call Number

JFF 17-2060

ISBN

• 9781588396358
• 1588396355

LCCN

2017029801

OCLC

982593829

Author

Fineman, Mia, author.

Title

Raghubir Singh : Modernism on the Ganges / Mia Fineman ; with contributions by Amit Chaudhuri, Shanay Jhaveri, and Partha Mitter.

Publisher

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2017]

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Chaudhuri, Amit, 1962- writer of added text.

Jhaveri, Shanay, writer of added text.

Mitter, Partha, writer of added text.

Singh, Raghubir. Photographs. Selections.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, host institution.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, host institution.

Royal Ontario Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JFF 17-2060