interrview with artist photographer Sunil Gupta
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In this letter Marie Seton tells Helene Moody about her sense of elation on waking up on New Year’s Day feeling like she was bathed in gold and referencing the painter Genoves to describe the feeling. She talks about the importance of sincerity and describes her sense that the artists‘ group in Valencis in 1952 was trying to reach out to her. Seton refers to the Spanish Civil War as ‚The dress rehearsal for all the hell since 1935‘ and talks about the American record in Vietnam with reference to a Harrison Salisbury piece on Hanoi and a chart in …
Finally she tells Helene Moody about a letter from Delhi from the editor of the Times
This letter was written over several days, starting on 19 Feb 1964 and concluding on 22 Feb 1964. 19 Feb 1964 The first part of this letter relates to curtain fabric and towels, possibly those referred to in previous letters about fabric samples. Marie Seton describes the experience of living in a studio and the racket of students shooting an exercise film. She expresses pleasure that Helene is working with Hope [Leresche] and refers to the efficiency of the cleaning woman who works for Hope. Seton asks Helene to send her [Seton’s] address to Margaret [Margaret Grierson, John Grierson’s wife] …
She also writes about letters from Delhi and pressures put on Indira which she is
1 Dec 1970 Much of the first part of this letter relates to the novelist, Yukio Mishima, who committed seppuku [ritual suicide] after an attempted coup. Marie Seton mentions that she was asked to contact Yukio Mishima by Malcolm Leigh and stated that Kay Kawakita said he [Mishima] was strange. She tells Moody of her decision to write to Mishima rather than call and gives an account of seeing the last moments of Mishima’s life on TV. She describes the aftermath of his suicide and the various reactions in Tokyo. Seton writes about the friendliness of the Japanese in contrast …
contrast to their reputation for formality and describes the journey to Tokyo via Delhi
Artist page for Louisa Matthiasdottir (1917–2000)
She died in Delhi, New York in 2000.
In this letter Marie Seton compares the standards of her hotel with squalor at the American airport in Okinawa and praises Air India. She asks Moody to help Menon with arrangements for the exhibition he (Menon) wants and informs Moody that she has discussed Menon’s condition (nerves and paranoia) with Nehru. She writes about her stay in the Indian Prime Minister’s House, her relationship with Indira Gandhi and Nehru, and their loneliness. She also writes about Menon’s behaviour in general and particularly towards Nehru. She describes a visit from Menon, his terror at coping with his position as Minister, and …
Seton tells Moody about an encounter with Ela Reid on the plane from Delhi and reflects
Around the same time, her family were subject to relocation from Delhi to Karachi
Tate glossary definition for socially engaged practice: Term used to describe socially engaged art that is collaborative, often participatory and involves people as the medium or material of the work
Tate Modern Part of Media Networks Sathyarani – Anti Dowry Demonstration, Delhi
The excrement was collected in New Delhi and Jaipur by the low-caste poor who scrape
Past Tate Research project: Tate AXA Art Modern Paints Project (TAAMPP): Evaluating the Effects of Cleaning Acrylic Paintings
Institution, London 24 September 2008: Presentation to ICOM-CC triennial conference, New Delhi
