Gauri Gill: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

First major survey exhibition of the multi-layered photographic oeuvre of the Indian artist

The artist and photographer Gauri Gill has been examining the everyday life of the rural population outside India’s urban centers for over two decades now. Her quiet, concentrated photographs focus the viewer’s gaze on barely perceived peripheral areas in Indian society. In an open, dialogical process that eschews documentary conventions, she has dedicated herself to concerns related to survival and self-assertion, identity and belonging, and also to conceptual questions of memory and authorship.

The exhibition and book bring together about 200 pieces from Gauri Gill’s pivotal series like the long-term project Notes from the Desert. A particular focus is on Gill’s collaborative approach and her work with artists from rural regions.

Gauri Gill (b. 1970) is an Indian contemporary photographer who lives in New Delhi. She has been called ＂one of India’s most respected photographers＂ by the New York Times and one of ＂the most thoughtful photographers active in India today＂ in The Wire. In 2011 Gill was awarded the Grange Prize, Canada’s most prestigious contemporary photography award. She received her BFA in Applied Art at the Delhi College of Arts in New Delhi, India. She earned her BFA in Photography at the Parsons School of Design, New York in 1994, and MFA in Photography at Stanford University in 2002. She has exhibited within India and internationally, her work is in the collections of prominent institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Tate Museum, London.