Shilpa Gupta
Nancy Adajania
Prestel
Shilpa Gupta is an artist whose name and work has been popping up everywhere. Having exhibited in the Serpentine Gallery鈥檚 Indian Highway (2008), the artist has drawn interest from both public institutions and collectors alike.
In this new collection, entitled Shilpa Gupta, a survey of the artist鈥檚 oeuvre is undertaken. Gupta, born in 1976 is part of the new generation of international Indian artists. Using multi-media, interactive video, found objects, photography, and performance, Gupta鈥檚 work is explorative and provides a commentary and critique on a changing world in the context of a post-colonial society.
This collection brings together essays from Peter Weibel, Quddus Mirza, Shanay Jhaveri, and Nancy Adajania. These texts are inherent to understanding the probing questions that Gupta鈥檚 work evokes and the multi-layered meanings that emerge. In the book鈥檚 preface, Nancy Adajania states: 鈥淭his book is intended to function as a symposium.鈥 In that sense, Adajania is providing readers with the tools to understand and interpret Gupta鈥檚 practise. A readable and incredibly fascinating text.
Shirley Stevenson