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When A. Ramachandran exhibited his monumental mural Yayati (60’ x 8’ along with a group of 13 bronze sculptures) in 1986, he was bitterly criticised by the art community. Few realised that the master artist was turning away from painting the existential crisis of modern man. He was rejecting the…
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Although Ramkinkar Baij chose life in interior Bengal over modern cities, he is undeniably one of the pioneers of contemporary Indian art. Baij is identified as a maverick who upended the norms of sculpturing in India. Here, Sahapedia.org and DAG explore his inspirations for sculpting and painting…
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Rabindranath Tagore’s ideas about caste have received the least attention from historians. Even though Tagore’s oeuvre has been lauded mainly for its literary value, it may be said that in his writings he was definitely vocal about social and political issues, caste being one of them. Tagore…
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Introduction
Jyoti Bhatt was born on March 12, 1934, in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. He completed a four-year diploma course in Painting in Graphic Arts in 1954 and a two-year postgraduate diploma course in Creative Painting in 1956 at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University of…
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Perspectives on the life and work of artist, printmaker and photographer Jyoti Bhatt
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