My Brush with Art: An Anthology of contemporary Indian Art
Book Specification
| Item Code: | IDE150 |
| Author: | Lakshmi Lal |
| Publisher: | Rupa Publication Pvt. Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2004 |
| ISBN: | 8129104121 |
| Pages: | 174 (Color Illus: 47) |
| Cover: | Hardcover |
| Other Details | 8.8" X 5.8" |
Book Description
Contemporary Indian Art, is given or take a decade, three quarters of a century old. This book covers artists who worked, grew to maturity and established themselves in the post-independence years. Lakshmi Lal brings to their work the insights of a seasoned viewer whose joy in experiencing art is both infectious and illuminating.
About the Author:
Lakshmi Lal started viewing contemporary Indian art in the 50s when she moved from Chennai to live and work in Mumbai. It grew into a deep interest, almost as deep as her interest in ancient Indian myth, legend, philosophy and art. She is the author of The Warlis - Tribal Legends, The Ramayana, Ganesha - Beyond the Form, Shiva - Eye of the Storm, Myth and Me - The Indian Story.
She has an M.A. in English from the Madras University and has been a life-long student of Sanskrit Language and Literature, focusing for the past two decades on Vedanta and related texts. She now resides in Bangalore.
| Preface | xii | |
| 1. | Mumbai Artscape | 1 |
| 2. |
Remembered Geography, Imagined History Prabhakar Barwe |
23 |
| 3. |
Death in Life Veena Bhargava |
29 |
| 4. |
To Keep the Spark Kindling, That's the Real Problem N.S. Bendre |
33 |
| 5. |
The Agony and the Irony Bikash Bhattacharjee |
37 |
| 6. |
Nests of Ease Meera Devidayal |
41 |
| 7. |
Shades of Shakti M.F. Husain |
45 |
| 8. |
Of Colour and Light Bhupen Khakhar |
49 |
| 9. |
A Quality of Myth Ram Kumar |
55 |
| 10. |
A Filtered Image Held in Suspense Tyeb Mehta |
59 |
| 11. |
Homespun Gods Mrinalini Mukherjee |
63 |
| 12. |
Her World is Windowed Anjolie Ela Menon |
67 |
| 13. |
Painting is the Art of Making Images Badri Narayan |
73 |
| 14. |
One God Leads to Another Mani Narayan |
79 |
| 15. |
The Dare and the Discipline Pilloo Pochkhanawala |
83 |
| 16. |
Blood Runs Lukewarm in City Veins Gieve Patel |
87 |
| 17. |
A Time, a Place, a Face Sudhir Patwardhan |
91 |
| 18. |
A Space for Heads Akbar Padamsee |
95 |
| 19. |
Silence Inside the Square Satish Panchal |
105 |
| 20. |
To Alarm, to Arouse, to Alert A. Ramachandran |
109 |
| 21 |
The Seed it is That Speaks S. H. Raza |
113 |
| 22. |
Colour is Not Just a Rip-off Jehangir Sabavala |
117 |
| 23. |
What Yellow Means to Me J. Swaminathan |
121 |
| 24. |
Tapping a Cosmic Source Francis Newton Souza |
125 |
| 25. |
Saying it Now and Quickly S. G. Vasudev |
129 |
| 26. |
Internal Dialogue Painted Aloud Babu Xavier |
133 |
| 27. |
To the Tun of the Warli Pipe Jivya Soma Mashe, Balu Mashe |
141 |
| 28. |
Collector's Medley A Gallery Chemould Show |
145 |
| 29. |
An Art Lover Remembers A Mumbai Art Person Reminisces |
151 |
| 30. |
Journeys within Landscapes A Sakshi Gallery Show |
155 |
