‘The Dogs of Alcibiades, Victoria Park‘, Marc Atkins, 1996
printed 2012–13 View by appointment Urvashi – Staged Portrait, Gulmohar Park, Delhi
Artist page for Gauri Gill (born 1970)
Gauri Gill (born 1970) is an Indian contemporary photographer who lives in New Delhi
Artist page for Stephen Cox (born 1946)
London, from 1966 to 1968. and attended the sixth Indian Triennale in 1986 in New Delhi
Artist page for Ronald Moody (1900–1984)
Letter from Marie Seton to Ronald Moody, addressed from New Delhi Marie Seton, recipient
Artist page for Dayanita Singh (born 1961)
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (2014) and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi
interrview with artist photographer Sunil Gupta
positive diagnosis Twitter Facebook Email Pinterest Sunil Gupta was born in New Delhi
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.
