Yamini Nayar
Yamini Nayar was born 1975 BirthRochester, New York, USA.
Lives and works in HomeBrooklyn, NY.
Categories: Photography Sculpture Objects
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My images, merging sculpture and photography, explore issues of migration, fragmentation and place. They combine materials from various sources such as historical archives, architectural design, cultural artifacts and personal narrative.
I make drawings, and construct hand-made objects and environments in my studio – which are then enlarged and photographed with a large-format camera. The final photograph is the remaining document, as the structure is discarded after the image is made.
I make drawings, and construct hand-made objects and environments in my studio – which are then enlarged and photographed with a large-format camera. The final photograph is the remaining document, as the structure is discarded after the image is made.
Originally from Detroit MI, Yamini Nayar currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Yamini received her BFA in Photography from the RhodeIsland School of Design in 1999, and MFA in Photography and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts, NY in 2005.
Her work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art, Bose Pacia Modern and the Studio Museum of Harlem. Awards and residencies include the Aaron Siskand Fellowship in 2004 and Chashama, NY…
Yamini received her BFA in Photography from the RhodeIsland School of Design in 1999, and MFA in Photography and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts, NY in 2005.
Her work has been exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art, Bose Pacia Modern and the Studio Museum of Harlem. Awards and residencies include the Aaron Siskand Fellowship in 2004 and Chashama, NY…
Our Flowers Came from Darker Moments
My work references the desire and fantasy that are thread through familiar experiences, and the culture significances they carry through migration. I make photographic images of constructed miniature dioramas that reference imaginary domestic interiors, and are filled with representations of artifacts, objects and other elements…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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