TRANSFORMED BY INDIA
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CATHARSIS
The experience of knowing Sonabai Rajawar, an elderly central Indian artist, challenges all my preconceptions and changes my life, resulting in a published monograph, a dedicated documentary film, and an innovative exhibition about her: Sonabai: Another Way of Seeing
NOTE: THIS CHAPTER WILL BE UPDATED IN THE FUTURE WITH MORE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTING IMAGERY
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Sonabai in her Home
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Doorway in Puhputra, Sonabai's Village
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Sonabai's House
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Interior of Sonabai's House
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Interior of Sonabai's House
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Sonabai's Female Harvest Dancers
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Sculpted Wall in Sonabai's Home
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Sonabai Sculpting Jali (latticework0
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Sonabai Sculpting Female Dancer
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Stephen and Sonabai
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Kathleen Brown, Sonabai, and Babu Mohapatra
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Entire Documentary Team and Sonabai's Family
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Entrance to Sonabai Exhibition, Mingei Internartional Museum
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Mingei Sonabai Exhibition Banner, Text, and Jali
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Puhputra Village wall in Mingei Sonabai Exhibiton
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Sonabai Installation in Mingei Exhibiton
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Sonabai Jali in Mingei Exhibition
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Detail of Sonabai Jali in Mingei Exhibiton
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Detail of Sonabai Jali in Mingei Exhibiton
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Dance Room in Mingei Sonabai Exhibiton
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Dance Room in Mingei Sonabai Exhibiton
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Stephen in Dance Room at Mingei Sonabai Exhibiton
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Parbatibai Dancer Installation
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Parbatibai Dancers
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