By

Waswo X. Waswo

Contributor

Foreword by Giles Tillotson; introduction by Annapurna Garimella

Serial

15489

Publisher

Mapin Publishing

Description

247 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm

ISBN / ISSN No.

9789385360992

Subject

1. Photography, Artistic; 2. Art photography; 3. Artist India Udaipur (Rajasthan); 4. Hand painted photographs.

Summay

Featuring more than 200 images, including an extensive collection of strikingly original artworks produced by the artist's studio Karkhana takes us on a meandering journey through the Rajasthani city of Udaipur as we follow American artist Waswo X. Waswo, a 20-year resident of India, through a typical day of collaborations with a variety of Indian artists. From miniature painters such as R. Vijay and Dalpat Jingar, to the third-generation photo hand-colorist Rajesh Soni, to the phenomenally skilled painter of golden borders, Shankar Kumawat, we are treated to an intimate look behind the scenes of Waswo's extended network of co-creators, as well as the photography studio he uses in the outlying village of Varda. Waswo and his team weave visual narratives that blend vintage miniature painting techniques with digital photography, the past with the present, and a self-effacing humour with existential angst. Karkhana is a word that literally means 'factory' in Hindi, but has lineage to the historical painting workshops of Persia. This book explores the continuance of this system of mutual artistic collaboration within a contemporized Indian community, and the manner in which Waswo's unlikely team has come into the contemporary art market.

Keyword

Hand painted photographs, Udaipur (Rajasthan, India) artist works, painted photographs, Indian painting.

DDC Classification No.

759.9544

Accession No.

15489

Shelving location

39

Status

Available

Category

Painting-India