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Photographing Popular Sculpture: Art Matters| 4mins
Director: Sumantra Ghosal | Producer: IFA
Focus Years: 2006 | Country: India
Subject Tags: asia, belief, culture, religion
Quality Tags: Optimistic, Slow, Activating, Harmonizing
Synopsis:
The photographer Dev Nayak documents the 250 year old tradition of icon art in Kurmatuli, Kalkutta. These larger than life sculptures of Hindu goddesses, made from clay, bamboo, and jute are still manufactured today for religious rituals and profane feasts. Since Nayak’s photo documentation, the sculptures, that are destroyed after use, have received world wide attention.
Photographing Popular Sculpture: Art Matters | 4mins

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