Banaras : Painting the Sacred City/Manu Parekh. New Delhi, Penguin
Books, 2005, 144 p., photographs, ISBN 067005824-6.
Banaras : Painting the Sacred City/Manu Parekh. New Delhi, Penguin
Books, 2005, 144 p., photographs, ISBN 067005824-6.
"Banaras, the religious capital of India, has fascinated Manu Parekh, one of India's leading modern painters, ever since his first visit there in 1979. Over the next decade and a half, he kept returning to Banaras and produced a series of works in which he has attempted to capture the essence of the world's oldest living city, a sacred place where the mundane and the sublime coexist. The Ghats where the faithful gather and the funeral pyres blaze; the narrow, busy lanes where everyday life carries on; the boats ferrying pilgrims on the Ganga; evening lights in the shrines by the river-all these provide the images and symbols that Manu Parekh uses to create powerful and dramatic compositions.
This picture book brings together, for the first time, seventy-five paintings from Manu Parekh's Banaras series. Showcasing some of the artist's best work, this beautifully produced volume is a collector's edition." (jacket)