BHAIRAVA:
AN EXHIBITION OF 250 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM INDIA
April 13 - September 8, 2013
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When he was unable to rent a large passenger van with seatbelts as I'd requested for our trip through South India, Boopathy Jayaraman gathered together all of his savings and, with the blessings of his wife and daughter, went out and purchased a brand-new Tempo Traveller, the first vehicle he'd ever owned. He called it Bhairava. These photographs, taken principally by our drivers Boopathy Jayaraman and his brother-in-law Gajendra Subramanyam, materialized before dawn and after dark, in forests and shops, in temples and at the dinner table. Like Shiva's bull, Nandi, and Vishnu's eagle, Garuda, most Hindu deities are portrayed with a vahana, a divine vehicle. Over the course of four weeks of companionship and five thousand kilometers of Indian roads. seven of us (four westerners and three Indians) were carried through India by a most magical vehicle, the remarkable Bhairava. ---- Bobbi Hamill |
The photographs in this exhibition are printed directly on aluminum panels |
My heartfelt gratitude for the extraordinary patience of my friends Ellen Salins, Susan Porter, Susan Burbidge and Kim Burman
and my husband, Tim Hamill (HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY 04/13/13) --- all of whom who held onto their sense of humor
while I configured and reconfigured this installation
over and over and over ...
BHAIRAVA is a ferocious form of Shiva and an excellent protector against harm. Traveling in his care through Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were: Boopathy Jayaraman, Gajendra Subramanyam, TSJ Deenanath, Susan Burbidge, Alex Pla Delmulle, Tim Hamill & Bobbi Hamill, each of whom took some of the photographs in this show. |
AN EXHIBITION OF COLOR
To be in India is to breathe color. To be clothed in it. To swim in it. To dream of it. There are several ways in which we could have organized these photographs online: by photographer, by subject, by place --- but by color seemed most appropriate. ( And we did it idiosyncratically as well.) |
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All of the photographs are available for purchase. They are printed directly on aluminum panels with a clip on the back for hanging. They require no further framing.
8" x 10" or 8" x 8" $90 |
All photographs © Hamill Gallery and MarkMaker Press