Midnight to the Boom: Painting in India after Independence
Following independence in 1947, India's artists faced a particular challenge: how to express the new nations distinctive character while entering a global discourse focused on modernisms universal premises of experimentation and shared human values. In the absence of a dominant aesthetic, painters could turn where they wished and blend as they liked from Abstract Expressionism to Tantric spiritualism; from Rajasthani painting to changes in India's complex politics, religions, castes and daily life. This richly illustrated, in-depth study, published to accompany the exhibition organized by the Peabody Essex Museum in the USA, surveys the three generations of artists responsible for these critical shifts in the development of India's modernist art. It shows how their achievements and the countries unprecedented boom ushered India's modern and contemporary art into a new era of globalism, a soaring international market, and an explosion in the media and technologies of art.
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Bhabha Homi K. (Article author), Bean Susan S. (Article author), Citron Beth (Article author), Sinha Ajay (Article author), Zitzewitz Karin (Article author), Brown Rebecca M. (Article author), Hartigan Linda Roscoe (Preface), Monroe Dan L. (Preface)
Patwardhan Sudhir, De Biren, Goud Kalal Laxma, Chowdhury Jogen, Dodia Atul, Bhattacharjee Bikash, Pyne Ganesh, Broota Rameshwar, Mohamedi Nasreen, Khakhar Bhupen, Mehta Tyeb, Malani Nalini, Santosh Gulam Rasool, Patel Gieve, Husain Maqbool Fida, Rodwittiya Rekha, Raza Sayed Haider, Sheikh Gulammohammed, Subramanyan K. G., Bawa Manjit, Kumar Ram, Singh Arpita, Kaleka Ranbir
London
2013
228 pages
9780500238936
Available on request
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