Arpita Shaha
Woman, portraits inspired by traditional paintings, reference to heritage, shots in time, blending past and present, celebration of history, history of the painted backdrop, familiar with a range of communities, her work represents the richness of South Asian women, layered with different varied narratives and what there is in common. Sees social media as a positive – women able to express themselves in ways that were not possible when she was younger. Aware of the way images shape the narrative and believes its important to give voice to the women. Committed to producing work that allows people to go into a gallery and see women “like us” rather than the usual (white, male).
Maryam Wahid
Explores race and representation, inspired by her mother and identity, always inspired by migration story, addresses lack of representation, interested in why women wore traditional dress in family archive but men wore Western clothes, inquiry into self as a Pakistani British women.
Nilupa Yasmin
Latest inquiry through self portraits, rift between Bangladeshi and British identities, uses photography to make installations, (making her, for me, the most interesting artist) – uses photographic material to weave objects into the space (not necessarily straight photography). There is a purposeful and deliberate weaving of herself into the fabric of reality as well as creating feedback loops by including the weave in the background of her print. I will certainly be following Nilupa Yasmin’s work carefully.
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We were also provided with a fantastic reading list which I don’t want to lose so posting here:
Campt, T. (2012) Image Matters. Durham London: Duke University Press
Gilroy, P. (2000) Between Camps: Nations, Cultures and the Allure of Race. London.New York: Routledge
Hall, S. (2006) ‘New ethnicities,’ in The Post-Studies Reader. 2nd Ed. ed. by. Ashcroft,B., Griffiths, G., Tiffin, H. London New York: Taylor & Francis, 223-227
Jay, M., Ramaswamy, S. (ed) (2014) Empires of Vision: A Reader. USA: DukeUniversity Press
Procter, A. (2020) The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it. Great Britain: Hachette.co.uk
Sealy, M. (2019) Decolonising the camera: Photography in Racial Time. London:Lawrence and Wishart Limited
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