Ravi Agarwal

Ragi Agarwal, né en 1958, est photographe et environnementaliste. Ses photographies interrogent la manière dont on devrait s'imaginer aujourd'hui la vie des individus tout au bout de la "chaîne de la globalisation", comme dans sa série consacrée aux travailleurs du Sud en Inde, dans le Gujarat, exposés à la Documenta 11. En tant qu’environnementaliste, il est le fondateur et directeur de Toxics Links, une organisation qui collecte et partage les informations sur les sources et les dangers d’empoisonnement de l’environnement.
La mousson vue comme une "mise à nu" est également au cœur du travail de Ravi Agarwal qui propose des photos en forme de performance. Des bustes d’homme indiens nus portant dans leurs mains des racines arrachées de différents arbres constituent sa série de photos dites écologiques.
Artiste activiste, Ragi Agarwal l’est pleinement.

Ravi Agarwal (b. 1958) is a photographer and an environmentalist. His photography examines work, labor, and the street within the domain of public spaces. As an environmentalist, he is founder and director of Toxics Link, an organization that collects and shares information about the sources and dangers of poisons in the environment. Agarwal’s solo exhibitions include Alien Waters, India International Centre Gallery, New Delhi, 2006; Down and Out, New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Amsterdam, 2000; and A Street View, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi, 1995. He has also participated in Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany 2002; Crossing Generations: diVERGE: Forty years of Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, 2003; Self x Social, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jahawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2005, and Watching Me Watching India, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany, 2006. Agarwal lives and works in New Delhi.

Agarwal’s solo exhibitions include Alien Waters, India International Centre Gallery, New Delhi, 2006; Down and Out, New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Amsterdam, 2000; and A Street View, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi, 1995. He has also participated in Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany 2002; Crossing Generations: diVERGE: Forty years of Gallery Chemould, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, 2003; Self x Social, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jahawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2005, and Watching Me Watching India, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany, 2006. Agarwal lives and works in New Delhi.