Arpita Shah
16 3/8 x 23 1/2 ins
Provenance
Arpita ShahExhibitions
9 February–7 April 2019: Nalini, Street Level
Photoworks, Glasgow.
12 October–16 November 2019: Nalini, An Lanntair, Stornoway, Isle of
Lewis, part of Purvai.
17 January–17 March 2020: Nalini, Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
6 October 2020–11 April 2021: Towner International, Towner Eastbourne (group
exhibition).
12 April–July 2024: Nalini, Duff House, Banff; Street Level Photoworks
with Historic Environment Scotland. Closing date differs between sources (14 or
21 July); exact date unconfirmed.
13 June–4 October 2026: Nalini, Firstsite, Colchester.
Publications
Illustrated: Nalini: Captions and additional words from Arpita Shah, Impressions Gallery, 2020, p. 16.Literature
2018: Emilia Terracciano, 'Nalini (ongoing)', 1000 Words,
online essay.
2018: Emilia Terracciano, 'Arpita Shah: Nalini', 1000 Words: 10 Year
Anniversary Print Edition, p. 156.
2019: Emilia Terracciano, 'Nalini: Memory of Things', Street Level
Photoworks exhibition minigraph.
2019: 'Nalini portfolio', NOTES, issue 5. 26 February
2019: Frank McElhinney, 'Exhibition Review: Arpita Shah, Nalini, Street Level
Photoworks', Writing on Scottish Photography.
2019: John McDougall, 'Arpita Shah: Nalini', Photomonitor.
2020: Arpita Shah, 'Nalini: Captions and additional words from Arpita Shah', Impressions
Gallery exhibition guide, 24 pp.
Winter 2021; online 8 March 2021: Clare Samuel (cur.), 'She & Her &
Me', BlackFlash, issue 37.3.
2021; online issue files dated 2022: Arpita Shah, with text by Frank
McElhinney, 'Nalini', PIX: Passages: a subcontinental imaginary.
15 September 2022: 'On migration, memory, and loss: artist Arpita Shah
documents her family history', Harper’s Bazaar India, online.
Spring 2025; online May 2025: Arpita Shah, 'Nalini', Art Journal, vol.
84, no. 1, pp. 7–21; Art Journal Open, 15 May 2025.
March 2023: Lodoe Laura, 'Arpita Shah’s Nalini', Feminist Photography
Network.
This photograph isolates a close view of skin marked by fine veins, with pink and green patterned fabric visible at the edges. The tight crop excludes the face and concentrates attention on the skin's surface.