After an early stint in Bombay in the 1940s, with the Progressive Artists’ Group, S. H. Raza moved to France, where he spent the next 60 years. This volume explores Raza’s artistic trajectory from the time of his arrival in Paris, as well as his contribution to the development of modernism in the Indian subcontinent.<\/p>\n
Raza’s strong thrust towards non-figurative art, and subsequent influences from European and American modernism, combined with his memories and impressions of India, led him to a skillful negotiation between Indian spirituality and Western abstraction. Beginning with early works developed in India before 1947, the essays in this volume analyze Raza’s later abstraction processes and landscapes. An anthology of previously unpublished letters offer glimpses of the master at work, and a detailed chrono-biography situates him within the transcultural dynamics of the 1950s to the 1980s.<\/p>\n
Accompanying the S.H. Raza exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in 2023, this monograph presents a compelling overview of Raza’s work and the highlights of his journey.<\/p>\n
Published in association with the Raza Foundation, New Delhi and Centre Pompidou, Paris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This monograph presents a compelling overview of the work and journey of S.H. Raza, one of the most prominent modern Indian artists of his generation.
• Foreword by Laurent Le Bon, President, The Centre Pompidou
\n• Preface by Ashok Vajpeyi, Life and Managing Trustee, The Raza Foundation
\n• Message by Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India
\nEssays
\n• From Black Sun to Bindu by Yashodhara Dalmia
\n• A Lesson in the Art of Contemplation by Roobina Karode
\n• The Experiment by Ashvin E. Rajagopalan
\n• Coming Back to Land: Raza’s Nostos by Homi Bhabha
\n• Canvas\/Bhu: Ground as Visitation in Raza’s Painting by Gayatri Sinha
\n• In the Hundredth Year by Ashok Vajpeyi
\nUnderstanding Raza
\n• Raza on Himself
\n• Others on Raza
\n• Raza’s Notebooks
\n• Letters from Artists to Raza
\n• Janine and Raza
\n• The Catalogue
\n• A-Graphie by OsianamaWorld
\n• Appendices
\n• The Last Days
\n• Raza Shati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39335","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-ashok-vajpeyi","8":"publisher-mapin-publishing-gp-pty-ltd","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n