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Book cover of Krishen Khanna: The Embrace of Love, with a painting of two figures wrapped in white sloth. Published by Mapin Publishing.

Krishen Khanna

The Embrace of Love

By (author) Gayatri Sinha

$45.00

  • Retrospectively, in a career that has spanned nearly six decades, his large body of work places him at the apex of engagement with everyday Indian life
Full Description

Krishen Khanna speaks of his drawing as an intuitive process, “I start to scratch the surface of a piece of paper. Soon enough, the pencil moves as if of its own accord, putting my hand this way and that rather like a pencil in a planchet creating a nervous scribble meaningful only to the directing ghost.” In an output of painting that exceeds 50 years, Khanna attracts more than one reading of his work. His paintings and drawings emerge as nuanced narratives in which the artist plays out his formal concerns, as well as the shifting and unfolding theatre of human relationships. Politics and identity remain fluid in the larger question of humanity. Effectively, the paintings constitute a powerful psychological engagement, one that also serves as a document of the passage of time in modern India. While many Indian artists during these decades have slipped in and out of experimentation with other media, Khanna has remained faithful to painting and drawing as central to his art practice. Retrospectively, in a career that has spanned nearly six decades, his large body of work places him at the apex of engagement with everyday Indian life.

Specifications
Publisher
Mapin Publishing
ISBN
9781890206901
Published
1st Jan 1980
Binding
Hardback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
9.18 in x 12.12 in
Pages
120 Pages
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