I just noticed that the coverage of the Mohan Khokar Dance Collection exhibition at Ashish Mohan Khokar's column on Narthaki.com has been updated with a PDF file of the exhibition catalog and a few pictures from the Dallas exhibit!
The exhibition catalogue has such stunning photographs from the Collection I had to make a post about it. The photos are in excellent resolution and beautifully displayed on the pages which also identify the photos and offer some brief information about each subject grouping. The first page on Devadasis is amazing- look at the beautiful photograph of two Devadasis in full regalia on the upper-right hand side. The gorgeous and rare photographs continue with photos of the Devadasis Bhanumathi and Varalakshmi (who shook up the Music Academy when they performed their dance there around 1931), what looks like Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, Uday Shankar, Ram Gopal, famous Gurus, Travancore Sisters, Kamala, Vyjayanthimala, and on and on! It's a relatively short catalog but absolutely worth the view of these rare photos.
The exhibition catalogue has such stunning photographs from the Collection I had to make a post about it. The photos are in excellent resolution and beautifully displayed on the pages which also identify the photos and offer some brief information about each subject grouping. The first page on Devadasis is amazing- look at the beautiful photograph of two Devadasis in full regalia on the upper-right hand side. The gorgeous and rare photographs continue with photos of the Devadasis Bhanumathi and Varalakshmi (who shook up the Music Academy when they performed their dance there around 1931), what looks like Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, Uday Shankar, Ram Gopal, famous Gurus, Travancore Sisters, Kamala, Vyjayanthimala, and on and on! It's a relatively short catalog but absolutely worth the view of these rare photos.
