Sheela Gowda: lt.. Matters Published by Steidl/Lenbachhaus. Edited by Eva Huttenlauch, Matthias Mühling. Text by Eva Huttenlauch, Janaki Nair. A stylishly designed summary of Sheela Gowda's blend of craftsmanship and poetic intensity This book explores the eclectic art of Sheela Gowda (born 1957) and her ongoing engagement with the paradoxes and predicaments of life in modern India. With an emphasis on her sprawling installations, it tracks her use of distinctive materials from her native India, whose textures, colors and scents lend her work narrative form and metaphorical force.
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