Artists
Gauri Gill
With her photographic series Acts of Appearance, Gauri Gill presents members of the Adivasi community in Jawhar, Maharashtra, India, wearing masks as they “perform” their daily activities. The community’s members are known for the papier-mâché objects that they create, including traditional masks that suggest spiritual beings. For Acts of Appearance, Gill commissioned craftsmen brothers Subhas and Bhagvan Dharma Kadu to produce a new set of masks, inspired instead by the community’s contemporary reality. In Gill’s framing, the masquerade upturns the conventions of the ethnographic gaze: although the villagers’ faces are hidden, their existence is reaffirmed through the object of disguise.
Exhibited work(s):
Acts of Appearance series (2015–ongoing)
Untitled 3
Untitled 4
Untitled 6
Untitled 7
Untitled 8
Untitled 9
Untitled 13
Untitled 27
Untitled 28
Untitled 31
Untitled 32
Untitled 33
Untitled 40
Untitled 45
Untitled 48
Untitled 52
Untitled 53
- Born
- 1970, Chandigarh, India
- Countries / Nations
- India
- Lives
- New Delhi, India
- Website
- gaurigill.com
Works

Gauri Gill
Acts of Appearance series
2019
Exhibition view, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal
Photo credit: Photo credit: Jean-Michael Seminaro
© MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain and Galerie de l’UQAM.

Gauri Gill
Untitled 3
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 4
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 6
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 7
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 8
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 9
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 13
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 26
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 27
2015 – en cours
Série Acts of Appearance
Épreuve à pigments de qualité archive
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 31
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 32
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 33
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 40
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 45
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 48
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 52
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill

Gauri Gill
Untitled 53
2015–ongoing
Acts of Appearance series
Archival pigment print
© Gauri Gill