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FotoFest Biennial exhibitions : India/contemporary photographic and new media art : discoveries of the meeting place : participating spaces exhibitions : FotoFest 2017-2018 programs : art exhibitions : Literacy Through Photography FotoFest student learning program / Steven Evans, editor

Catalog Data

Author:
FotoFest Biennial (18th : 2018 : Houston, Tex.)  Search this
Editor:
Evans, Steven (Curator)  Search this
Sponsoring body:
Literacy through Photography (Program)  Search this
Subject:
FotoFest 2018 (2018 : Houston, Tex.)  Search this
Physical description:
268 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Texas
Houston
India
Date:
2018
Notes:
India artists include: Serena Chopra ; Gauri Gill ; Chandan Gomes ; Manoj Kumar Jain ; Max Kandhola ; Anita Khemka ; Sandip Kuriakose ; Dhruv Malhotra ; Arun Vijai Mathavan ; Annu Palakunnathu Matthew ; Nandini Valli Muthiah ; Pushpamala N. ; Anoop Ray ; Vicky Roy ; Gigi Scaria ; Mithu Sen ; Anusha Yadav.
Discoveries of the meeting place artists include: Marina Black ; Jinhyun Cha ; Yukari Chikura ; Debi Cornwall ; Kirk Crippens & Gretchen Lemaistre ; David Fathi ; Thomas Holton ; Priya Kambli ; Elaine Ling ; Dylan Vitone.
Participating spaces artists include: Joe C. Aker ; Julie Brook Alexander ; Elia Arce ; Natalia Barrientos ; Laura Bennett ; John Bernhard ; Douglas Blake ; Soumya Sankar Bose ; Wesly Burns ; Jim Caldwell ; Alejandro Cartagena ; Cassils ; Kristen Coleman ; Pierre Cook ; Greg Davis ; Annielaurie Erickson ; Wendy Ewald ; Matt Flora ; Gerard Gaskin ; Molly Gochman ; Jessica González ; Torrie Groening ; Gabriel Guerrero ; Sunil Gupta ; John Herrin ; Jerry Herring ; Tim Herschbach ; Omar Imam ; Mark Johnson ; David J. Kerr ; Rocky Kneten ; Karen Knight ; Steve Knight ; Tarrah Krajnak ; Aisha Lakhani ; Marsha L. Landers ; Richard Learoyd ; Paho Mann ; Manual [Suzanne Bloom & Ed Hill] ; Brian McCarty ; Dion McInnis ; Leigh Merrill ; Arthur Meyerson ; Richard Misrach ; Delilah Montoya ; Daniel Nolan ; Dawn Ohmer ; Arely Peña ; Jorge Pereira ; Ricarda Redeker ; Debra Rueb ; Narinder Sall ; Jae-Hyun Seok ; Charan Singh ; Raghubir Singh ; Joel Sternfeld ; Lyn Sullivan ; Cristina Velásquez ; Lou Vest ; Cary Weston ; Carrie Mae Weems.
Fotofest 2017 exhibition season artists include: Lynsey Addario ; Bennie Flores Ansell ; Kalee Appleton ; Drew Bacon ; Rabéa Ballin ; Ilana Bar ; Tad Beck ; Rachel Cox ; Dai Xiang ; Paola Dávila ; Fábio Del Re ; Omar Victor Diop ; Joe Harjo ; Graciela Iturbide ; Jung A Kim ; Rosine Kouamen ; Hyunmoo Lee ; Peter Leighton ; Tuany Lima ; Manual [Suzanne Bloom & Ed Hill] ; Mark Menjivar ; Bucky Miller ; Eustáquio Neves ; Emily Peacock ; René Peña ; Qian Jin ; Marcel Rius ; Martin Schoeller ; Molly Shigemoto ; Tom Stoddart ; Sherwin Rivera Tibayan ; Kevin Todora ; Nick Vaughn & Jake Margolin ; Zhang Kechun.
HMSGMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment.
Contents:
Introduction / Steven Evans and FotoFest Staff -- FotoFest exhibitions 2018 Biennial : India/Contemporary photographic and new media art ; Discoveries of the meeting place -- Participating spaces : Museums ; Non-profit art spaces ; Commercial art galleries ; University space ; Non-profit space ; Corporate spaces ; Artist studio -- FotoFest programs 2017-2018 : Art exhibitions ; Literacy Through Photography Student Learning Program -- Biographies -- Acknowledgements
Summary:
The Fotofest 2018 Biennial is FotoFest's 17th consecutive international Biennial. The 2018 Biennial focuses on India/Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art. The central exhibition presents the work of 47 artists of Indian origin, working on the subcontinent and across the globe. Through many different viewpoints and a range of approaches including art photography, new media, installation, moving image, journalism, and documentary photography, the exhibition concentrates on the contemporary moment. Themes include caste and class, gender and sexuality, activism and conflict, racism, religion, nationalism, new technologies and development, the environment, human settlement, migration, and integration.
Topic:
Art festivals  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Photography in education  Search this
Video art  Search this
Mixed media (Art)  Search this
Literacy programs  Search this
In art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1105163