Articulations
: Voices from Contemporary Indian Visual Art/Aditi De. New Delhi, Rupa,
2004, 319 p., plates, ISBN 81-7167-748-7.
Articulations
: Voices from Contemporary Indian Visual Art/Aditi De. New Delhi, Rupa,
2004, 319 p., plates, ISBN 81-7167-748-7.
Contents: Talking heads: a foreword by Sadanand Menon. Face to face: An author's note. 1. K.K. Hebbar: Questions from a quest. 2. Akbar Padamsee: the mind is the man. 3. J. Sultan Ali: Energy as expression. 4. Manjit Bawa: Art as an attitude. 5. Jatin Das: Fanning the fires within. 6. M.F. Husain: The camera his brush. 7. Achuthan Kudallur: The Ache of abstraction. 8. Viswanadhan V.: Traversing the territory of ideas. 9. K.V. Haridasan: the tantric circle. 10. M. Reddeppa Naidu: The magic of the Mahabharata. 11. R.K. Laxman: He said it. 12. Nilima Sheikh: Between the lines of lineages. 13. Rekha Rodwittiya: Tapestries of the mind. 14. Arnawaz: The importance of being individual. 15. Altaf and Navjot: Learning left, painting right. 16. Balan Nambiar: The cactus in its clime. 17. S.G. Vasudev: A celebration of life. 18. Yusuf Arakkal: Life on the streets....and in high places. 19. Dashrath Patel: Of crumpled messages.
"This book offers select face to face encounters with imaginative minds of 20 century Indian visual art. Culled from the author's 25 years as a cultural journalist, these voices from painting, sculpture, design, photography and cartooning--seek to demystify the creative persona by emphasizing the human dimension. These free ranging interviews, each a vignette of its time, capture the diversity of the Indian visual context without representing any particular movement or school of thought.
Between these covers, art comes to life in vivid shades through its articulate creators. Meet R.K. Laxman as a painter of crows. Discover M.F. Hussain in focus as a photographer. Share K.K. Hebbar's outspoken views in his last interview. Steep yourself in the lyricism of Nilima Sheikh's paintings. And debate feminist viewpoints with Rekha Rodwittiya. Through these interviews and many more that have weathered the test of time, you will find yourself in the thick of the pulsing Indian art scene today." (jacket)