"There is More Than One Way to Skin a Cat" |
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The title refers to the ability to look at any issue, map the problem, and then find solutions from two contradictory positions. Neither resolution is right, or wrong – a classic post-modern syndrome. As a non-resident Indian living in New York, I look at issues about identity in the same way. I try to find the right balance between the weight of my heritage and culture, and the liberating influences of personal freedom and thought. I present this tension through photo documentation: images taken during my travels through various places around the world. They depict "the present" for urban lives and "the encounters" that can occur. The photos are quick cell phone pictures – an acknowledgement of the democratization of art. I have presented them as binary oppositions, but they are related by thematic elements. The photos are presented for what they are: Meaning can be found in them, or they can mean nothing except as a record of the banality of life. All the works are posed as questions. "What value and meaning do we ascribe to cultural symbols if they are just signs to be used for commerce, marketing, and self- promotion?" There are no answers or guidance. They depict conundrums. The relevant question is not what to choose, but how.
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