Bharat Sikka: The Changing Face of India | The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India

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Photographer Bharat Sikka documents the changes, influences, and confusion experienced by contemporary india in a series of muted studio portraits.

About Bharat Sikka:
Bharat Sikka is an Indian-born photographer who lives and works in both Europe and India. Sikka worked as a photographer in India before enrolling at the Parsons School of Design where he earned a BFA in photography in 2002. Sikka's work has been displayed in numerous national and international exhibitions. Solo exhibitions include Matter, Nature Morte, Berlin, 2011; The Road to Salvador do Mundo, Sunaparanta Art Centre, Goa, 2010; Fashion Images, Weiden & Kennedy, New Delhi, 2009; Indian Men, Otto Zoo, Milan, Italy, 2008; National Museum, New Delhi, 2008; Space In Between, Bose Pacia, Kolkata, 2007; and Families, Valerie Cueto, Paris. Group exhibitions include Concurrent India, Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace, Finland, 2011; Les Rencontres d´Arles, Arles, 2007; Indian Men, Lille 3000, Lille, 2006; Maharajas, Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2006; Prague Biennale, 2003; Only Skin Deep, International Center of Photography, New York, 2003, and Moments of Clarity, Sotheby's, New York, 2002. Sikka has contributed to magazines and publications such as The New Yorker, I.D, Vogue, Vogue Homme International, Details and Time Magazine, where his work was featured amongst The Best Photographs of 2005.


About The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India:
As contemporary art becomes more widely recognized within India, there has also been a growing awareness of its international development and impact. YBCA is pleased to present The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India, an exhibition of sculpture, photography and video by artists of India living inside the country as well as in the diaspora. Inspired by material culture, literature, spirituality, and social and political aspects of the history of the South Asian region, the exhibition is organized around three thematic threads that resonate from contemporary India—embodiment, the politics of communicative bodies and the imaginary. Of particular interest are the artistic practices that either incorporate these concepts or operate within a gap between these existing thematic categories. Whereas sculpture and painting have a long history within both sacred and secular traditions of Indian art, in recent years photography and video have emerged as significant media as well.

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