Vasundhara Shankari Sellamuthu, Ah! Sign-painter, HD metal prints, dimensions variable, 2021
These text signs borrow the language of way-finding infrastructure to consider the nicknaming of cities, often in the Global South. Power dynamics in comparative expressions such as 'Chennai - the Detroit of India' are revealed through playful inversions.
Exhibited: MA Fine Art Interim show, City and Guilds of London Art School, 2021
Images: Martina O'Shea