Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (born 1964 in Stourport, England[1]) is a Professor of Art (Photography) in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Art and Art History.[2] She is also currently the director of the URI Center for the Humanities. Matthew’s photo-based work draws from her experience of having lived between cultures and about being an immigrant in the USA. Her work has been featured in The New York Times,[3] on CNN Photo Blog,[4] and in Buzzfeed.[5] It is also included in the book Blink which compiles the work of 100 contemporary photographers.[6] Her work has been exhibited at her gallerist, SepiaEye, in New York The RISD Museum; Guangzhou Biennial of Photography, China; Tang Museum, New York; and The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Photographic Works

To Majority Minority

By 2050, the U.S. populations once called “minorities” will become the majority. To Majority Minority examines these changes, and the new, multicultural America, in terms of cultures, religions and stories. The portfolio explores the generational transition from immigrant to native within families, starting with portrait photographs from immigrant’s albums. Old photographs reflect where immigrants have come from, revealing family histories and shared stories of immigration.[7]

An Indian From India

An Indian From India plays on the confusion between Native Americans and Indians from India. It uses photographs of Native Americans from the Nineteenth Century and early Twentieth Century that perpetuated and reinforced stereotypes and finds similarities in how Nineteenth and early Twentieth century photographers of Native Americans looked at what they called the primitive natives, similar to the colonial gaze of the Nineteenth century British photographers working in India.[8][9][10][11]

Open Wound

Open Wound uses photo animations to explore the turmoil of families impacted by the Partition of India in 1947. It has been 65 years since the Partition, where 12 million people were displaced within three months and over a million died. But unlike tragedies such as the Holocaust, there is no memorial about the Partition. There is little for the larger public to understand and commemorate those impacted by this tragedy.

ReGeneration

ReGeneration builds on the presumed veracity of photographs to spur a critical reflection on the power of photography and it’s effect on the perception of memory, family and the warping of cultures over time.The final ephemeral animation is built from archival images and recent photographs of three or more generations of women. The digital technology and animation makes it appear that the old and new images flow one into another.

Memories of India

Memories of India reflects Matthew's mixed background, as she was born in England, raised in India and now is living in America.The images are a time warp, revisiting the sights, sounds, and smells of her childhood impressions of her cultural homeland, India. The images are captured by the use of a simple plastic-lensed Holga camera, that makes images with a dreamy quality.[12]

Fabricated Memories

Fabricated Memories uses digital technology and Polaroid film to reconstruct memories, combining recent images with childhood snapshots. The results are seemingly realistic images of events that never happened but reflect emotions from the artist's childhood. A small handmade accordion book presents the images as Polaroid emulsion transfers. Some pages also include text. To emphasize the fact that Matthew's father died due to smoking, the book is covered in paper made from tobacco leaves and is presented in a cigarette box. The paper has been stained with tobacco juice so that the viewer experiences the tobacco through sight, touch and smell. The pages of the book are made from a delicate handmade paper to suggest the images are very fragile.[13]

Bollywood Satirized

Bollywood Satirized, a digital portfolio, is a critical commentary on the societal expectations for women growing up in India. The work uses movie posters which reflect the popular culture of Indian life. The visual and aural presence of cinema in India is the result of the largest commercial film industry in the world that produces over eight hundred movies a year and reaches approximately 3.5 billion people. Most of the 2 billion dollar industry is concentrated in Bombay, (now called Mumbai) which is also called “Bollywood”.[14]

Awards

Selected Exhibitions

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.welcomingri.org/portfolio/annu-palakunnathu-matthew/
  2. ↑ "Annu Palakunnathu Matthew." Department of Art and Art History. University of Rhode Island. n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2015.
  3. ↑ Ganzalez, David. "An Indian from India Photographs Both." The New York Times. 21 April 2014. Web. 15 Jan. 2015.
  4. ↑ Cavendish de Moura, Helena. "Portraits Challenge Cultural Perceptions." CNN Photos. n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2015.
  5. ↑ Nashrulla, Tasneem. "Which Indian Are You?" Buzzfeed. 11 Mar. 2014. Web. 15 Jan. 2015.
  6. ↑ "Selected Articles." Annu Matthew. n.d. Web. 13 Jan 2015.
  7. ↑ Luhar, Monica. "Multi-Generational Photos of America's Future Majority Minority." NBC NEWS 30 July 2014. Web. 30 April 2001.
  8. ↑ "Pairing 'Indian' and 'India'" International New York Times. 23 April 2014. Web. 29 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Annu Palakunnathu Matthew" The Center for Photography at Woodstock. Web. 24 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Chhaya, Priya. "Going Beyond: Annu Palakunnathu Mattew, Artist." Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. 20 Mar. 2014. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.
  11. ↑ Chitnis, Deepak. "Indian American or American Indian." The American Bizaar. 21 Apr. 2014. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.
  12. ↑ 2015
  13. ↑ http://www.annumatthew.com/gallery/fabricated-memories/
  14. ↑ Harrison, Helen A. "Art Reviews: Artist's Mondrian Imitations." The New York Times 15 April 2001.
  15. ↑ "John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Recipients." John Gutmann. Web. 13 Jan 2015.
  16. ↑ Rourke, Bryan. "Three RI Artists Win Coveted MacColl Johnson Fellowships." The Providence Journal 9 Sept 2007.
  17. ↑ Grosch, Connie. "The MacColl Johnson Fellowships: Celebrating Ten Years." Rhode Island Foundation 23 Jan. 2015. Web. 29 May 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 "Recent Grant and Fellowship Awards". Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  19. ↑ "Annu Matthew." Fulbright Scholar Program. n.d. Web 26 Jan 2015.
  20. ↑ "Fellowships for 2010." State of Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Web. 13 Jan 2015.
  21. ↑ "AIIS Performing Arts Fellows Rock!" American Institute of Indian Studies. Web. 13 Jan 2015.
  22. 1 2 "Tang Exhibit Celebrates Residency" Yaddo
  23. ↑ Smithson, Aline. "Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: SPE Future Focus Project Support Grant Winner." Lenscratch. 23 Sept. 2013. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.
  24. ↑ http://web.uri.edu/humanities/recents/.html "Fellowships for FY2015". Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)/. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  25. ↑ "Generations." Royal Ontario Museum
  26. ↑ "Press Release" Stockton College Art Gallery
  27. 1 2 3 "The Virtual Immigrant." Tasveer Gallery
  28. ↑ "Re-Generations. Annu Palakunnathu Matthew Solo Show" celeste,
  29. ↑ "URI art professor explores the 1947 partition of India in latest exhibit" University of Rhode Island
  30. ↑ "Lycoming College Art Exhibit to feature 'Between Cultures'" Lycoming College
  31. ↑ Brown University Watson Event
  32. ↑ OA galeria
  33. ↑ "37 Indian Still Lives" Tasveer Gallery
  34. ↑ "40 Artists/40 Years" LightWork
  35. ↑ "FOCUS Insights" FOCUS Festival Mumbai
  36. ↑ "FOR WHICH IT STANDS" The Lodge Gallery
  37. ↑ "Annu Palakunnathu Matthew in Grace" sepiaEYE
  38. ↑ "The William Benton Museum of Art" UCONN
  39. ↑ "Self, Model, and Self as Other" MFAH
  40. ↑ "Photography, Motherhood, and Identity" The Photographer's Gallery
  41. ↑ "Bhalla and Matthew in Sharjah Art Museum's The Other and Me" sepiaEYE
  42. ↑ "Media Release:'Conversation XVII: Photographic Memory'" Spencer Museum of Art
  43. ↑ http://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/blue-sky/
  44. ↑ "The Greatest Indian Art Show of the Spring is Happening in America." The Huffington Post. 16 March 2015. Web. 22 May 2015.]
  45. ↑ "Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation" Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
  46. ↑ "Upcoming Exhibitions" Ulrich Museum of Art

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