Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World

Rina Banerjee: Make Me a Summary of the World by Banerjee, Rina. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780943836447.

The first in-depth examination of Rina Banerjee’s work Amid a turn toward nativist politics in the United States, the work of Indian-born, New York–based artist Rina Banerjee (born 1963) seems particularly relevant, reflecting as it does the splintered experience of identity, tradition and culture prevalent in diasporic communities. Banerjees fanciful sculptures are made from materials sourced throughout the world―in a single work one can find African tribal jewelry, feathers, light bulbs, Murano glass and South Asian antiques. Make Me a Summary of the World, the first in-depth examination of the artists work, uses a selection of Banerjees large-scale installations along with her sculptures and paintings to consider the artists place in both American and global frameworks.