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Collection Loan
Autograph is loaning works from our collection by artist Poulomi Basu to Fotomuseum Winterthur's exhibition Phantasmagoria.
The title of the exhibition refers to the phantasmagorias of the 18th century, which captivated their audiences with projections and optical illusions. Fotomuseum Winterthur is mounting the first major solo museum exhibition with the artist, showing a selection of her pieces. They are centred around the stories of women who, like her, come from the Global South and find themselves pushed to the margins of society.
Basu is known for her work advocating for the rights of marginalised women using the power of photography as a tool for storytelling, amplifying women’s voices from the majority world. Inspired by magical realism, eco-feminism and dystopian science fiction, Basu carefully orchestrates her images against the celestial beauty of the natural world. She weaves together the real and the fantastical to create a charged psychological landscape: capturing moments of love and closeness, the intensity of traumatic memory, and experiences that cannot be put into words.
Fotomuseum Winterthur
Grüzenstrasse 44 + 45
CH – 8400 Winterthur
Find directions, opening hours, accessibility and ticketing information on Fotomuseum Winterthur's website
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From the series Fireflies, 2019 - ongoing
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From the series Fireflies, 2019 - ongoing
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From the series Fireflies, 2019 - ongoing
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From the series Fireflies, 2019 - ongoing
Poulomi Basu (b. 1983, India) has become widely known for her influential photographic projects Blood Speaks, Centralia, and To Conquer Her Land, to name a few. Her first photobook Centralia was published by Dewi Lewis in 2020. The book and exhibition won the 2020 Rencontres d'Arles Discovery Award Jury Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.
Basu is a Sundance Fellow, National Geographic Explorer, and Magnum Foundation Social Justice Fellow. Her works are part of public collections, including Autograph, London (UK); Martin Parr Foundation (UK); Museum of Modern Art (Special Collections) (USA); Rencontres d’Arles (FR); Victoria and Albert (UK), amongst others.
You can follow Basu on Instagram, and see more of the artist's work on her website.
Poulomi Basu discusses using female-centred science fiction as inspiration to explore possible futures
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The artist discusses her creative practice with Bindi Vora
Read interview | 15 min readPoulomi Basu and Bindi Vora explore notions of trauma, self-care and worldbuilding in Fireflies
Read interview | 15 min readBanner image: Poulomi Basu, from the series Fireflies [detail], 2019 - ongoing. Courtesy the artist.
Works on loan: all images Poulomi Basu, from the series Fireflies, 2019 - ongoing. Courtesy the artist.
About the artist: Poulomi Basu, photograph by Maria Lax.
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