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Everyday monuments : the rooftop sculptures of Punjab / photographs by Rajesh Vora ; Texts by Satwinder Kaur Bains, Rahul Mehrotra, Sajdeep Soomal, Rajesh Vora, and Keith Wallace.
In the late 1970s, a unique local art form emerged in the villages of Doaba, a rural region of India's Punjab state. Villagers began constructing elaborate multi-storey homes topped with sculptural watertanks. The painted cement-and-rebar embellishments take various forms including planes, animals, soccer balls, and weightlifters. These works represent a merging of art, architecture, and everyday life that transcends conventional design norms to tell a diasporic story in a form that is unique to Punjab.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781773272016
- Physical Description: 191 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver, Figure 1, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition Rajesh Vora: Everyday Monuments at Surrey Art Gallery, April 9 to May 29, 2022 |
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| Subject: | Vora, Rajesh > Exhibitions Sculpture, Indic > India > Punjab > Pictorial works > Exhibitions Public sculpture > India > Punjab > Pictorial works > Exhibitions Dwellings > India > Punjab > Pictorial works > Exhibitions Architecture, Domestic > India > Punjab > Pictorial works > Exhibitions Photography > India > Punjab > Pictorial works > Exhibitions Punjab (India) > Pictorial works > Exhibitions |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily Carr University of Art + Design | TR140 .V8865 A35 2016 (Text) | 30245149 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |
