Midnight to the boom : painting in India after independence : from the Peabody Essex Museum's Herwitz Collection : with 142 illustrations, 122 in colour
Bean, Susan S.2013
Book
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.
Main title:
Midnight to the boom : painting in India after independence : from the Peabody Essex Museum's Herwitz Collection : with 142 illustrations, 122 in colour / Susan S. Bean ; with Homi K. Bhabha... [et al.].
Imprint:
Salem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum ; London : in association with Thames & Hudson, c2013.
Collation:
228 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.
Notes:
Accompanies the exhibition organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780500238936
Dewey class:
759.954
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
53747
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 759.954 BEAN | Available |