Saloni Mathur, India by Design - Colonial History and Cultural Display

摘要

Two very different Indian exhibitions frame London’s 2009 museum calendar - the Indian Highway, described by its host, the Serpentine Gallery, as a timely presentation of the pioneering work being made in India today and the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Maharaja: the Splendour or India’s Royal Courts. The latter which runs to 2010 is described in the Museum’s marketing literature as ‘exploring the extraordinary culture of princely India …within a broader historical context of princely life and ideals, patronage, court culture and alliances’.