Visible/Invisible Representation Of Women In Art Through The MAP Collection

The Museum of Art & Photography's inaugural exhibition, Visible/Invisible Representation of Women in Art Through the MAP Collection, draws from the various thematic threads of the collection, to highlight questions and frameworks in order to broaden the arguments within feminist discourse showcasing almost a hundred and thirty artworks, the publication in divided into four sections, following the exhibition narratives Goodes and mortal, Sexuality and Desire, Power and Violence and struggle and Resistance. Each sections is contextually introduced by Laying by broader arguments surrounding the sections, followed by Artwork images and description which propose arguments and counter - arguments. In addition, the publication contains quotations, excerpts and poems that provide diverging vantage points for the art work. And introductory essay by MAP's Director, Kamini Sawhney, lays out the broader dialectics of this exhibition. Eassys by Shukla sawant, Vijeta kumar and Arushi bhats extend the ideas and concepts presented within, Shukla sawant in her essay ruminates on the figure of the women as a muse, and women working within the art-world, in Pre-indianpend India. Vijata Kumar writes about what it means for a Dalit person to enter the arts, and Arushi vats' essay looks at how women come together, and organise themselves by thinking through frameworks of seriality and multitudes.