Visual Art
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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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Artist Gulammohammed Sheikh dons many roles in life—painter, poet, educator, writer, art historian—all of which emerge from and coalesce into his engagement with contemporary sociopolitical concerns. Born in Surendranagar, Gujarat, Sheikh discovered his passion for poetry and painting while in…
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Shahids (martyrs)[1] play a significant role in the history of the Sikh Panth (Sikhism) and its popular visual culture.[2] The shahadat tasveeran (martyrdom images),[3] which is a recurring motif in the delineation of the glorious history of the Sikh qaum (quam is a Persian word used both for…
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This module focusses on the shahadat tasveeran (martyrdom images), part of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Sikh visual culture in India. It is an art historical, ethnographic and subaltern study of the grotesque images of martyrdom, and a critical analysis of the artistic production of oil…
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Gurvinderpal Singh talks about the importance of Sikh shahids (martyrs) and gurus, and the effects of this martyrdom on Sikh art, the source of inspiration for recreating the past in the form of painting, journey as an artist and the role of the museum authority in his artworks…
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It has been a long haul from the time we would see Syed Haider Raza sitting in the corner of a street in Bombay, sketching and painting the streets and houses of the localities he was drawn to. The culmination of these forays was a sizeable oil painting of Marine Drive which was exhibited at the…
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The history of art schools in India can be traced back to the British era, as many of these schools were established by the British almost 170 years ago. In the second half of the 19th century, the British administration established art schools in the presidency capitals of Madras, Calcutta, and…
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A) Books:
1. Agrawal, B. C., & Aghi, M. (1987). Television and the Indian child: a handbook. New Delhi: United Nations Childrens Fund.
2. Agrawal, B. C., Karnik, K. S., Lal, C., & Vishwanath, K. (1999). Children's Television in India A Situational Analysis. New Delhi, India: Concept…
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Doordarshan, the national television network, was the first ever channel to be launched in India in 1959. It held a virtual monopoly in the television broadcasting industry until the country’s liberalization in 1991. During this period, Doordarshan was the sole television channel available to the…
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