Dayanita Singh
Description
Tent. Londen, Hayward Gallery, 08-10-2013, 15-12-2013 ; Frankfurt am Main, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, 05-07-2014, 05-10-2014. - Originally trained as a photojournalist and bookmaker, Dayanita Singh (New Delhi, 1961) has exhibited widely both in India and abroad, her work often takes a curious view of the every day, and is characterised by an unsparing view of her subject matter. Best-known for her portraits of India's urban middle- and upper-classes, her images of people working, celebrating or resting depict everyday life without embellishment, capturing insights that often challenge the exotic stereotypes in the West