Contemporary Indian Art, is given or take a decade, three quarters of a century old. This book covers artists who worked, grew to maturity and established themselves in the post-independence years. Lakshmi Lal brings to their work the insights of a seasoned viewer whose joy in experiencing art is both infectious and illuminating.
About the Author:
Lakshmi Lal started viewing contemporary Indian art in the 50s when she moved from Chennai to live and work in Mumbai. It grew into a deep interest, almost as deep as her interest in ancient Indian myth, legend, philosophy and art. She is the author of The Warlis - Tribal Legends, The Ramayana, Ganesha - Beyond the Form, Shiva - Eye of the Storm, Myth and Me - The Indian Story.
She has an M.A. in English from the Madras University and has been a life-long student of Sanskrit Language and Literature, focusing for the past two decades on Vedanta and related texts. She now resides in Bangalore.
| Preface | xii | |
| 1. | Mumbai Artscape | 1 |
| 2. | Remembered Geography, Imagined History Prabhakar Barwe | 23 |
| 3. | Death in Life Veena Bhargava | 29 |
| 4. | To Keep the Spark Kindling, That's the Real Problem N.S. Bendre | 33 |
| 5. | The Agony and the Irony Bikash Bhattacharjee | 37 |
| 6. | Nests of Ease Meera Devidayal | 41 |
| 7. | Shades of Shakti M.F. Husain | 45 |
| 8. | Of Colour and Light Bhupen Khakhar | 49 |
| 9. | A Quality of Myth Ram Kumar | 55 |
| 10. | A Filtered Image Held in Suspense Tyeb Mehta | 59 |
| 11. | Homespun Gods Mrinalini Mukherjee | 63 |
| 12. | Her World is Windowed Anjolie Ela Menon | 67 |
| 13. | Painting is the Art of Making Images Badri Narayan | 73 |
| 14. | One God Leads to Another Mani Narayan | 79 |
| 15. | The Dare and the Discipline Pilloo Pochkhanawala | 83 |
| 16. | Blood Runs Lukewarm in City Veins Gieve Patel | 87 |
| 17. | A Time, a Place, a Face Sudhir Patwardhan | 91 |
| 18. | A Space for Heads Akbar Padamsee | 95 |
| 19. | Silence Inside the Square Satish Panchal | 105 |
| 20. | To Alarm, to Arouse, to Alert A. Ramachandran | 109 |
| 21 | The Seed it is That Speaks S. H. Raza | 113 |
| 22. | Colour is Not Just a Rip-off Jehangir Sabavala | 117 |
| 23. | What Yellow Means to Me J. Swaminathan | 121 |
| 24. | Tapping a Cosmic Source Francis Newton Souza | 125 |
| 25. | Saying it Now and Quickly S. G. Vasudev | 129 |
| 26. | Internal Dialogue Painted Aloud Babu Xavier | 133 |
| 27. | To the Tun of the Warli Pipe Jivya Soma Mashe, Balu Mashe | 141 |
| 28. | Collector's Medley A Gallery Chemould Show | 145 |
| 29. | An Art Lover Remembers A Mumbai Art Person Reminisces | 151 |
| 30. | Journeys within Landscapes A Sakshi Gallery Show | 155 |
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Contemporary Indian Art, is given or take a decade, three quarters of a century old. This book covers artists who worked, grew to maturity and established themselves in the post-independence years. Lakshmi Lal brings to their work the insights of a seasoned viewer whose joy in experiencing art is both infectious and illuminating.
About the Author:
Lakshmi Lal started viewing contemporary Indian art in the 50s when she moved from Chennai to live and work in Mumbai. It grew into a deep interest, almost as deep as her interest in ancient Indian myth, legend, philosophy and art. She is the author of The Warlis - Tribal Legends, The Ramayana, Ganesha - Beyond the Form, Shiva - Eye of the Storm, Myth and Me - The Indian Story.
She has an M.A. in English from the Madras University and has been a life-long student of Sanskrit Language and Literature, focusing for the past two decades on Vedanta and related texts. She now resides in Bangalore.
| Preface | xii | |
| 1. | Mumbai Artscape | 1 |
| 2. | Remembered Geography, Imagined History Prabhakar Barwe | 23 |
| 3. | Death in Life Veena Bhargava | 29 |
| 4. | To Keep the Spark Kindling, That's the Real Problem N.S. Bendre | 33 |
| 5. | The Agony and the Irony Bikash Bhattacharjee | 37 |
| 6. | Nests of Ease Meera Devidayal | 41 |
| 7. | Shades of Shakti M.F. Husain | 45 |
| 8. | Of Colour and Light Bhupen Khakhar | 49 |
| 9. | A Quality of Myth Ram Kumar | 55 |
| 10. | A Filtered Image Held in Suspense Tyeb Mehta | 59 |
| 11. | Homespun Gods Mrinalini Mukherjee | 63 |
| 12. | Her World is Windowed Anjolie Ela Menon | 67 |
| 13. | Painting is the Art of Making Images Badri Narayan | 73 |
| 14. | One God Leads to Another Mani Narayan | 79 |
| 15. | The Dare and the Discipline Pilloo Pochkhanawala | 83 |
| 16. | Blood Runs Lukewarm in City Veins Gieve Patel | 87 |
| 17. | A Time, a Place, a Face Sudhir Patwardhan | 91 |
| 18. | A Space for Heads Akbar Padamsee | 95 |
| 19. | Silence Inside the Square Satish Panchal | 105 |
| 20. | To Alarm, to Arouse, to Alert A. Ramachandran | 109 |
| 21 | The Seed it is That Speaks S. H. Raza | 113 |
| 22. | Colour is Not Just a Rip-off Jehangir Sabavala | 117 |
| 23. | What Yellow Means to Me J. Swaminathan | 121 |
| 24. | Tapping a Cosmic Source Francis Newton Souza | 125 |
| 25. | Saying it Now and Quickly S. G. Vasudev | 129 |
| 26. | Internal Dialogue Painted Aloud Babu Xavier | 133 |
| 27. | To the Tun of the Warli Pipe Jivya Soma Mashe, Balu Mashe | 141 |
| 28. | Collector's Medley A Gallery Chemould Show | 145 |
| 29. | An Art Lover Remembers A Mumbai Art Person Reminisces | 151 |
| 30. | Journeys within Landscapes A Sakshi Gallery Show | 155 |
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