Chila Burman: A Monograph - Hardcover

by Chila Burman (Author)

A feast of color and texture, Chila Burman's first major monograph celebrates one of Britain's most exciting contemporary artists and her extraordinary body of work from across four decades.

Chila Burman is a British Asian artist known for her radical feminist practice, her joyful neon light installations, and her use of kaleidoscopic colors. Since the mid-1980s, her work has explored the experiences and aesthetics of Asian femininity and female empowerment, and the impact of imperialism, colonialism, race, and class. Informed by popular culture, Indian mythology, and Bollywood, fashion, and found objects, her work has consistently strived to challenge stereotypes and to champion equality.

This book, the first major monograph on the artist, will bring together Burman's extraordinary body of work from across four decades. Featuring paintings and installations, photography and prints, video and film works, and a range of diverse voices, Chila Burman explores the ideas central to her practice, as well as her unique style.

Author Biography

Louisa Buck is a writer and broadcaster on contemporary art. She is a contemporary art columnist for The Art Newspaper, and is a regular reviewer on BBC radio and TV.

Deborah Cherry is an art historian and curator who has written extensively on contemporary art.

Linder is a British artist who is internationally renowned for her photomontages, performances, and radical feminism. Linder's work has been exhibited widely and, in 2017, she received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award.

Bidisha Mamata is a broadcaster, critic and journalist. She has written for arts magazines such as i-D, Dazed and Confused, and the NME.

Bakul Patki is an arts and culture curator and writer. She has curated and creatively produced exhibitions, installations, and performances at Royal Hampton Court Palace, London; Somerset House, London; and the Gallery of Photography, Dublin.

Dorothy Price is professor of Modern and Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History at the Courtauld. Price is also editor of the journal Art History.

Ashwani Sharma is a lecturer on Film and Screen Studies at London College of Communication.

Frances Spalding is an art historian, critic, and biographer. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and, in 2005, was made a CBE for Services to Literature.