Nicolaus Schmidt – INDIA TECTON

NICOLAUS SCHMIDT INDIA TECTON
Fotografien: Gebautes Indien / Architectural Expressions in India
Exhibition from 5 to 14 November 2022
Opening November 4 6:30 pm

Speaking at the opening:
Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India
Rahaab Allana , Curator of the Alkazi Foundation of the Arts, New Delhi

India is a country with an ancient and extremely complex culture. The diversity of cultures and religions is manifested in a topography of architecture and sculptures that can hardly be surveyed. Nicolaus Schmidt depicts this diversity in highly focused photographs. The photographic convolute INDIA TECTON reveals references and kinships between artifacts from various religions and epochs. Likewise, colonial rule, international cultural relations, but also social contrasts are reflected in the photographs. What emerges are standalone artworks that simultaneously highlight the architectural characteristics of buildings and artifacts from antiquity to the modern era. With his project INDIA TECTON the photographer has created an anthology of Indian architectural elements.

A book on the exhibition has been published by Deutscher Kunstverlag: Nicolaus Schmidt, INDIA TECTON, 256 pages with 191 illustrations. https://www.deutscherkunstverlag.de/buch/neuerscheinungen/india-tecton.html

"INDIA TECTON has become a successful splendid volume with well-founded contributions and in excellent print quality." Prof. Dr. Claude W. Sui, Director of the Forum for International Photography at the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim.