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KAREN KNORR
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INDIA SONG
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Karen Knorr was born
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the
1960s. She finished her education in Paris and London at the University of
Westminster in the mid-1970s, exhibiting photography that addressed debates in
cultural studies and film theory concerning the ‘politics of representation’
practices which emerged during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Karen has
taught, exhibited and lectured internationally, including at Tate Britain, Tate
Modern, The University of Westminster, Goldsmiths, Harvard and The Art
Institute of Chicago. She is currently Professor of Photography at the
University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, Surrey.
Since 1986, she introduced elements and staged events
in architectural interiors. These strategies still appear in her photography
today with digital collage of animals, objects and social actors in museums and
architecture challenging the authority and power of heritage sites in Europe
and more recently in India. Since her life changing journey to Rajasthan, India
in 2008, Karen Knorr’s work continues to explore Rajput and Mughal cultural
heritage and its relationship to questions of feminine subjectivity and
animality. India Song, a
series of carefully crafted photographs explores the past and its relation to
India’s contemporary heritage sites across Rajasthan. Future projects are now
developing in Italy, India, Japan and USA.
Website : http://karenknorr.com
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