Men of Rajasthan (Deluxe Hardcover Edition) - Hardcover

Waswo X. Waswo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1932476709 ISBN 13: 9781932476705

Publisher: Serindia Publications, Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Waswo X. Waswo s Men of Rajasthan has by now become a bit of a cult classic, and Serindia Contemporary is proud to release this deluxe and expanded hardcover edition. Based on the original paperback edition published in conjunction with an eponymous exhibition at Serindia Gallery, Bangkok, in January of 2011, this updated volume includes new photographs from both the Studio in Rajasthan series and also the series New Myths. Waswo playfully examines the genres of both the ethnographic photograph-as-document that is linked to the colonial era, as well as the fantasy-inspired make-believe that has emanated from traditional Indian portrait studios. Using the dual attributes of each fact and fiction Waswo concocts an inspired mix of homage and critique. The resultant images straddle a line between the retro and the contemporary that resist easy efforts to classify them. They can cause a viewer to rethink what he initially perceives, question the dialogue set up between photographer and model, and eventually challenge the viewer's own preconceptions. The photographs in this book are selections from a much larger body of work that the artist broadly refers to as A Studio in Rajasthan.

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About the Author

The author was born in Milwaukee in the United States, but currently makes his home in Udaipur, Rajasthan

Edition details

• Publisher: Serindia Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932476709
• ISBN 13: 9781932476705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 150