SADAK showcases Aradhana Seth’s photo archive of hand-painted signs, together with biographies of Raza Abbas, Praveen Chauhan, Prashant Janardhan Dalvi and Shakeel, some of the artists who created the paintings; accompanied by a critical essay by visual culture lecturer Dr Kajri Jain; and an autobiographical text by artist Francesco Clemente.

Published by Humboldt Books, 2023

English
Paperback with french fold, 184 pages, colour, 16,5 x 23,5 cm

About Aradhana Seth

Aradhana Seth is a filmmaker, visual artist and designer.

As Art Director she has worked on London Has Fallen (India), The Darjeeling Limited, The Bourne Supremacy and Stiff Upper Lips (India). Her production design credits include Angry Indian Goddesses, Vara, West is West, Don, One Night with the King, Admissions, Easy, The Guru (India), Leela, Everybody says "I'm Fine!", Karvaan, Earth and Fire.

She has had solo shows including at Gallery Chemould, Mumbai and Sunapranta, Goa.

She has made over 18 documentary films and co-produced a photography book India Mexico: Parallel Winds, featuring the work of Sebastiao Salgado, Graciela Iturbide and Raghu Rai.

About Kajri Jain

Kajri Jain is Professor of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on images at the intersections between art, religion, vernacular business cultures, and politics in modern India; she also writes on contemporary art. She is the author of Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar (Duke University Press, 2007) and Gods in the Time of Democracy (Duke University Press, 2021).

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