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8 Bengal Masters

8 Bengal Masters

Miracles of Existence

By (author) Soumik Nandy Majumdar

$39.50

  • Rare images of paintings by eight Bengal masters from India
  • Understanding contemporary Indian Art, especially from post-Tagore era
Full Description

Published on the occasion of the show ‘8 Bengal Masters: Miracles of Existence’, this volume explores the post-Colonial context of Bengal that produced some of the finest artists of all times. Focusing on eight eminent artists, from various practices of print-making, sculpture and painting, it traces how they embarked on individual artistic journeys fostered by a renewed modernist search for an appropriate style in tandem with their responses to the contemporary situation.

The eight artists showcased here redefined the quest for a personal idiom not as a mere stylistic search but as the intimate and mutually transforming dialogue between individual and the world – both social and natural. From this perspective, this book takes a fresh look at the works of these artists as some of the best examples of the socially-relevant, liberating aesthetics of the post-’40s modern Indian art.

Published in association with Akar Prakar.

Contents: Foreword; Curatorial Note by Sylvie de Galléani, Curator of departmental museums; Curatorial Note: Miracles of Existence by Soumik Nandy Majumdar
ARTISTS – Paritosh Sen; Somnath Hore; Meera Mukherjee; Sarbari Roy Choudhury; Sanat Kar; Ganesh Haloi; Ganesh Pyne; Jogen Chowdhury.

Specifications
Publisher
Mapin Publishing
ISBN
9781935677604
Published
1st Oct 2015
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
8.77 in x 11.51 in
Pages
116 Pages
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