This summer, visitors can experience in the Deutsche Guggenheim some of the most innovative film and video artists of India. Beyond all Bollywood clichés you can see in Being singular plural: Moving Images from India, the diversity of the landscape in this country. Artmag reports about the show and presents other items of Indian contemporary art.
As the first exhibition in the Deutsche Guggenheim Being singular plural is only devoted to contemporary works from India. The spectrum ranges from dealing with the social realities in India to poetic and very personal work.
Art from countries such as China and India are experiencing a worldwide boom. But the opportunities and risks resulting from this development? Are the new financial centers and the new art courses? Artmag has contacted artists, curators and writers such as Hou Hanru, Friedhelm Hütte, Sandhini Poddar and Mark Rappolt.
Dayanita Singh is regarded as the most important protagonist of contemporary Indian photography. Especially it is in a great show, "Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 years of photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh" represented. Curator Sunil Gupta presents the artist.
Image: Bhupen Khakhar, Landscaping on face, 1985th Deutsche Bank Collection