Feb 05

Matchboxes from the Subcontinent

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English expat Matt Lee shares his extensive collection of matchboxes from India where he coordinates the Foundation Art & Design program and lectures in the Visual Communication program at the Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology in Bangalore.

Collected during my time working from Bangalore, these matchboxes are the tangible memories of my various travels and experiences through India. The random and disparate juxtapositions of the imagery encapsulate the mix of historic, mythological and contemporary visual culture in India.

If you like these, he also started documenting the fanciful world of the macho-mustache men and flirtatious women found in Kannada film posters.

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