Re-take of Amrita

Product Description

This is a book of 38 digital photomontages by Vivian Sundaram, with a preface and annotation by the artist-author. These montages are the result of a 'collaborative' photographic project: between Umrao Singh Sher-Gil (1870-1954)and Sundaram. Sundaram enters the space of the Sher-Gil homes and makes the members of the family enact (and re-enact) moment of radiating desire under his direction. The 'encounters' generated in this process of re-casting the family in new roles elaborate into a fictional narrative.

About the Author

Vivian Sundaram studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University of Barod, and at The Slade School, London, in the 1960s. Since 1990 he has turned to making artworks as sculpture, installation, photography and video. Vivian, himself a member of the Sher-Gil family, ha been engaged with the Sher-Gil project over a 30 year period, as curator, editor, archivist.