#Gauri Gill

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Jannat. Barmer, India. 1999. From the series ‘Notes from the Desert'

Photo: Gauri Gill

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Gauri Gill

Jannat, Barmer

From "Notes from the Desert, 1999 - 2010"

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Gauri Gill

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Gauri Gill dedicated almost eight years to her photo series "The Americans," capturing the lives of the South Asian diaspora in the United States. Her extensive travels took her from New York and New Jersey to California, the Midwest, and five Southern states. The resulting color images depict everyday scenes within the South Asian community, showcasing individuals in saris and dastars, engaged in activities such as eating, talking on the phone, attending weddings, socializing in clubs, and participating in sacred Hindu rituals. Through "The Americans," Gill juxtaposes the personal lives of the South Asian diaspora with broader notions of American identity and culture.

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Gauri Gill, 'Waterwells', from the series ‘Notes from the Desert’, 1999–ongoing.

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Gauri Gill, 'Waterwells', from the series ‘Notes from the Desert’, 1999–ongoing.

- Courtesy Prix Pictet

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Photographer Gauri Gill Unites with Debuting Artists Vinnie Gill and Ladhki Devi

Gauri Gill

Could you briefly tell us about your work for the exhibition?

Although the images do not depict people, they are all about the built landscape and objects created by the human hand and imagination. The creations range from those that have absorbed varied energies and often contradictory aesthetics to create hybrid and inventive new forms, to others that have traveled seamlessly from sterile architect’s offices in global cities, to inhabit dramatically new contexts. The migrant workers who carry out these master plans lose their traditional livelihoods and related ways of life and are dislocated from their ancestral homes,  often without any safety nets. They are rendered invisible in their hostile new environments. Nature herself is bent to human will and desire, as new worlds emerge from the underlying capitalist order, or as we continually aspire, desire, make and destroy.

Excerpt from Gauri Gill’s Interview on Art She Says.

Text by Shreya Ajmani

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Gauri Gill, Notes from the Desert (1999-ongoing)

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Chadra Lyrics - Ekam Chanoli

Chadra Lyrics – Ekam Chanoli

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Gauri Gill, Untitled from the series Acts of Appearance, Maharashtra, India, 2015

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Urma and Nimli, Lunkaransar, India. 1999. From "Notes from the Desert"

Photo: Gauri Gill

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Check out Gauri Gill, Untitled (74), from the series Acts of Appearance (2015-ongoing), From San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

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a força da máscar entre os indianos fotografados por gauri gill

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Gauri Gill’s photographs of indigenous Indian artists

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Gauri Gill, ‘Hanuman Nath with his daughter and Hem Nath, on Holi day, Lunkaransar’, from the series ‘Notes from the Desert’, 1999–ongoing