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March Issue 2010
The Art Institute
of Charleston in Charleston, SC, Features Works by Yve Assad
The Art Institute of Charleston is presenting the exhibit, Rhythms of India, featuring photographs by Yve Assad in the Gallery at The Art Institute of Charleston, in Charleston, SC, on view through Mar. 10, 2010.
Assad who visited India in April 2009, had no idea what to expect, nor was she prepared for the experience in store. India's vibrancy and relatively untouched culture called the young female photographer who says, "My goal was simple, to discover one of the world's largest populations, and gain a better understanding of the fabric that binds the people of India to their daily lifestyles, religions, and land in a place that fully contrasts my own."
While crisscrossing
the subcontinent by all manner of transportation including trains,
rickshaws and death defying cab rides, the artist passed through
Kolkata, Varanasi, and Delhi and went into the Himalayas in search
of the intertwining threads that create the colorful tapestry
of Indian life. Soon after arriving, Assad's travel apprehensions
were quickly quieted by kindness and generosity in all forms.
"My curiosity began to take over and I found it nearly impossible
to put my camera down. I did not allow my lens to discriminate.
I wanted to capture it all; the old, the new, the disheveled and
the beautiful," says Assad.
Assad captures moments in work, sleep, prayer, marriage, death
and a great deal in between. According to Assad, "Life
in India appears to have a subconscious rhythm, like a song written
by its ancestors centuries ago, playing over and over again each
day. Nothing stops the rhythm, not even death; it flows through
all aspects of society."
Though Western
culture is present, it has been woven into the fabric of daily
life, swaying to the rhythms of India. "The photographs I
returned with were just a few notes from a long, beautiful song."
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