Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia Vertiginous Exchange Routledge Research in Art and Race Series
Auteur : Eaton Natasha
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Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia questions what are ideas of vertiginous collecting, art-making and museums as expanded fields, including wonder houses and missionary museums (or museobuses) in Britain and South Asia.
If the historiography of British India has privileged photography and the 'Imperial Picturesque', the emphasis here is on the formation of a creole modernity, one that considers the relationship between art and labour, including pearlescence and pearl fishing in Sri Lanka, and the iconoclastic/fetish debates and forms of collecting amongst missionaries. Eaton explores these themes alongside the genealogies and modernities of white(ness) in contemporary curating and amateur female practice, and how the museobus or museum as a unique object has informed the work of contemporary artist group Raqs Media Collective.
This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, Asian history, and imperial and colonial history.
1. Eye of the Pearl: Archaic Labour, Fisheries and Waste in South Asia 2. Idol Worn: Missionaries, Museums and the Deodand in London and South Asia 3. Pure White: Shades of Political Economy 4. 'With Respect to Residue': Raqs Media Collective and the Decolonial Museum as UFO
Natasha Eaton is Reader in the History of Art at University College London, UK.
Date de parution : 01-2024
17.4x24.6 cm
Date de parution : 12-2020
17.4x24.6 cm
Thèmes de Travel, Art and Collecting in South Asia :
Mots-clés :
Ibn Al Haytham; Decolonial museum; Tamil Nadu; Missionary museums; IG Farben; Vertiginous exchange; Raqs Media Collective; Archaic labour; London Missionary Society; South Asia; Park Street; Nalini Malani; George III; Steam Ship; Smart Phones; Museo Del Oro; Jantar Mantar; Ayahuasca Shamanism; Fata Morgana; Mappa Mundi; Cellular Jail; Indian Museum; James Hornell; Tv News Channel; Pearl Shells; Pearl Diver; Al Haytham; Pearl Fishery; East India House