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Course: Art of Asia > Unit 7
Lesson 8: 1857–present- Submerged, burned, and scattered: celebrating the destruction of objects in South Asia
- Photographic views of nineteenth-century India, an introduction
- Raja Ravi Varma, A Galaxy of Musicians
- Amrita Sher-Gil, Self-Portrait as a Tahitian
- F.W. Stevens with Sitaram Khanderao and Madherao Janardhan, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
- Ganesha Jayanti, Lord of Beginnings
- The making and worship of Ganesha statues in Maharashtra
- Kathakali dance and masks
- Varanasi: sacred city
- Painting in Mithila, an introduction
- Interview with Rahul Jain
- Interview with Waqas Khan
- Interview with Noor Ali
- Zarina Hashmi on Arabic calligraphy
- Shahzia Sikander on Persian miniature painting
- Inside Manish Arora’s Studio
- Nalini Malani on “Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs”
- Interview with Sheba Chhachhi
- Interview with Naeem Mohaiemen
- Dayanita Singh – ‘I Use Photography to Transform Space’
- Sheela Gowda – 'Art Is About How You Look At Things'
- The Singh Twins on the Impact of the British Empire
- Jas Charanjiva on "Don't Mess With Me"
- Sunil Gupta – ‘Being in the Dark Room is Healing’
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Dayanita Singh – ‘I Use Photography to Transform Space’
Photographer Dayanita Singh explains how her photography books are like sculptures, and tells us how the overpowering colour of India led to her work in black and white, which she felt made images ‘more elusive’.
The artist also talks about her frustrations with how images become ‘fossilized’ in museums and art galleries, and how this prompted to develop her mobile ‘pocket museums’ – structures that allow Dayanita herself, or invited participants, to move and change displays of her work. Created by Tate.