20th century Indian art : modern, post-independence, contemporary / Partha Mitter, Parul Dave Mukherji and Rakhee Balaram.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2022Description: 744 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780500023327
0500023328

Other title:

Twentieth century Indian art : modern, post-independence, contemporary

Uniform titles:

20th century Indian art (Thames and Hudson)

Related works:

Container of (work): Mitter, Partha. Indian artists' dialogue with modernity (1900-1922)

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DDC classification:

709.540904 MIT 23

LOC classification:

N7304 .A16 2022

Partial contents:

Colonial modernity, art and national identity (1900-1947). Introduction / Partha Mitter -- Post-colonial decades in visual art practices. Introduction / Parul Dave Mukherji -- Nation after globalization : art in India in the 1900s-2000s. Introduction / Rakhee Balaram -- Mapping several regional modernisms in South Asia : Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Introduction / Partha Mitter, Parul Dave Mukherji, Rakhee Balaram.

Summary: A landmark volume presenting the history of Indian art across the subcontinent and South Asia from the late 19th century to the present day, published in association with Art Alive. Recent decades have seen significant growth in the interest, acquisition and exhibition of modern Indian and South Asian art and artists by major international museums. This essential textbook, primarily aimed at students, presents an engaging, informative history of modern art from the subcontinent as seen through the eyes of prominent Indian academics. Illustrated throughout with strong narrative content, key experts contribute multiple perspectives on modernism, modernity and plurality, and expansive ideas about contemporary art practices. A range of subjects and topics feature including Group 1890, the Madras Art Movement, Regional Modern and Dalit art, as well as artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil and Raqs Media Collective. This book also has sections devoted to the art of Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and other parts of South Asia. Together with lively academic discussions and a selection of absorbing interviews with artists, this title meets a clear demand for a comprehensive and authoritative sourcebook on modern, postmodern and contemporary Indian art. It is the definitive reference for anyone with an interest in Indian art and non-Western art histories. Published in association with Art Alive.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.540904 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100608430

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Financial Times Book of the Year 2022

A landmark volume presenting the history of Indian art across the subcontinent and South Asia from the late 19th century to the present day, published in association with Art Alive.

Recent decades have seen significant growth in the interest, acquisition and exhibition of modern Indian and South Asian art and artists by major international museums. This essential textbook, primarily aimed at students, presents an engaging, informative history of modern art from the subcontinent as seen through the eyes of prominent Indian academics.

Illustrated throughout with strong narrative content, key experts contribute multiple perspectives on modernism, modernity and plurality, and expansive ideas about contemporary art practices. A range of subjects and topics feature including Group 1890, the Madras Art Movement, Regional Modern and Dalit art, as well as artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil and Raqs Media Collective. This book also has sections devoted to the art of Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and other parts of South Asia.

Together with lively academic discussions and a selection of absorbing interviews with artists, this title meets a clear demand for a comprehensive and authoritative sourcebook on modern, postmodern and contemporary Indian art. It is the definitive reference for anyone with an interest in Indian art and non-Western art histories.

Published in association with Art Alive

Published in association with Art Alive Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A landmark volume presenting the history of Indian art across the subcontinent and South Asia from the late 19th century to the present day, published in association with Art Alive. Recent decades have seen significant growth in the interest, acquisition and exhibition of modern Indian and South Asian art and artists by major international museums. This essential textbook, primarily aimed at students, presents an engaging, informative history of modern art from the subcontinent as seen through the eyes of prominent Indian academics. Illustrated throughout with strong narrative content, key experts contribute multiple perspectives on modernism, modernity and plurality, and expansive ideas about contemporary art practices. A range of subjects and topics feature including Group 1890, the Madras Art Movement, Regional Modern and Dalit art, as well as artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil and Raqs Media Collective. This book also has sections devoted to the art of Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and other parts of South Asia. Together with lively academic discussions and a selection of absorbing interviews with artists, this title meets a clear demand for a comprehensive and authoritative sourcebook on modern, postmodern and contemporary Indian art. It is the definitive reference for anyone with an interest in Indian art and non-Western art histories. Published in association with Art Alive.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Partha Mitter is Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Sussex. His books include Much Maligned Monsters: History of European Reactions to Indian Art , Art and Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922 , Indian Art and The Triumph of Modernism: India's Artists and the Avant-Garde 1922-1947 . Parul Dave Mukherji is Professor and former Dean at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She holds a PhD from Oxford University. Her recent publications include InFlux: Contemporary Art in Asia (which she co-edited) and the ASA volume, Arts and Aesthetics in a Globalizing World , co-edited with Ramindar Kaur. Rakhee Balaram is Assistant Professor of Global Modern and Contemporary Art and Art History at University at Albany, State University of New York. She has previously taught at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She holds double doctorates in the field of French Literature and Art History from Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art.