ArtBabble: Sreshta Premnath http://artbabble.org/artist/Sreshta_Premnath/feed en Sreshta Premnath: Taming the Lion / New Contemporary Art of India @ YBCA http://artbabble.org/video/ybca/sreshta-premnath-taming-lion-new-contemporary-art-india-ybca <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-series"> <div class="field-label">Series:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/series/ybca-now">YBCA Now</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/yerba-buena-center-arts">Yerba Buena Center for the Arts</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Sreshta Premnath muses on American pop culture internalized as a child in India. For "The Matter Within", he revisits the iconic image of the MGM lion after the bankruptcy of the legendary Hollywood studio.</p> <p>Sreshta Premnath is part of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' exhibition "The Matter Within: New Contemporary Art of India".</p> <p>• Video by Kai Hsing (proto-kai.com)</p> <p>• Music via Free Music Archive: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ghostly_Dust_Machine/" title="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ghostly_Dust_Machine/" rel="nofollow">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ghostly_Dust_Machine/</a></p> <p>• More about the exhibition Sreshta is part of at ybca.org/matter-within</p> http://artbabble.org/video/ybca/sreshta-premnath-taming-lion-new-contemporary-art-india-ybca#comments India lion MGM semiotics Sreshta Premnath symbols Inspiration Contemporary Art Perception Yerba Buena Center for the Arts http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/24/24b8d8665e45b127/poster-image-01.jpg 24b8d8665e45b127 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:13:57 +0000 ybca 8871 at http://artbabble.org