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The progressive revolution : modern art for a new India / Zehra Jumabhoy and Boon Hui Tan ; with additional contributions by Amal Allana, Yashodhara Dalmia, Faisal Devji, Conor Macklin, and Gayatri Sinha.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Asia Society Museum, 2018.Description: 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9783791357683
  • 3791357689
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Contents:
A progressive revolution? The modern and the secular in Indian art / Zehra Jumabhoy
The rise of modern art and the progressives / Yashodhara Dalmia
Alkazi and the progressives : Unraveling multiple strands of Indian modernity / Amal Allana
The secular eye / Faisal Devji
Indira as muse in the art of M. F. Husain : Politics and patronage / Gayatri Sinha
Troublesome entanglements : Art and the Asian nation / Boon Hui Tan
Progressives in their time : Shock of the new
People of the new India
National/International
Master of the game : sourcing a lost masterpiece: Souza's 1963 Crucifixtion / Conor Macklin
Summary: Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Asia Society, New York, 14th September 2018-20th January 2019. Formed just months after the 1947 Partition of India and during tremendous violence and protest, the Progressive Artists Group (PAG) included artists seeking a break with their country's past and its cultural constraints. For nearly a decade these painters and sculptors explored ideas about art for a new nation. Through lush illustrations and scholarly essays, this volume looks at the brand of modernism the group espoused and its relevance and importance to contemporary art. The careers of artists K.H. Ara, B.R. Athaiya, S.K. Bakre, H.A. Gade, V.S. Gaitonde, M.F. Husain, Krishen Khanna, Ram Kumar, Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamsee, S.H. Raza, Mohan Samant, and F.N. Souza are presented in three sections. 'The Realists' explores how artists turned away from the trauma of Mumbai and toward folk and rural culture. 'India International' demonstrates how the Progressives mined contemporary artists such as Mark Rothko, Paul Klee, and Pablo Picasso to create their own distinct genre. 'Masters of the Game' brings together works created after the PAG's dissolution and shows how these pieces collectively gave visual form to the idea of India as secular, heterogeneous, international, and united. A valuable examination of the ways artistic expression can preserve and advance its cultural heritage, this volume captures an exciting time in India's art history.
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Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Asia Society Museum, New York, September 14, 2018 - January 20, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.

A progressive revolution? The modern and the secular in Indian art / Zehra Jumabhoy

The rise of modern art and the progressives / Yashodhara Dalmia

Alkazi and the progressives : Unraveling multiple strands of Indian modernity / Amal Allana

The secular eye / Faisal Devji

Indira as muse in the art of M. F. Husain : Politics and patronage / Gayatri Sinha

Troublesome entanglements : Art and the Asian nation / Boon Hui Tan

Progressives in their time : Shock of the new

People of the new India

National/International

Master of the game : sourcing a lost masterpiece: Souza's 1963 Crucifixtion / Conor Macklin

Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Asia Society, New York, 14th September 2018-20th January 2019. Formed just months after the 1947 Partition of India and during tremendous violence and protest, the Progressive Artists Group (PAG) included artists seeking a break with their country's past and its cultural constraints. For nearly a decade these painters and sculptors explored ideas about art for a new nation. Through lush illustrations and scholarly essays, this volume looks at the brand of modernism the group espoused and its relevance and importance to contemporary art. The careers of artists K.H. Ara, B.R. Athaiya, S.K. Bakre, H.A. Gade, V.S. Gaitonde, M.F. Husain, Krishen Khanna, Ram Kumar, Tyeb Mehta, Akbar Padamsee, S.H. Raza, Mohan Samant, and F.N. Souza are presented in three sections. 'The Realists' explores how artists turned away from the trauma of Mumbai and toward folk and rural culture. 'India International' demonstrates how the Progressives mined contemporary artists such as Mark Rothko, Paul Klee, and Pablo Picasso to create their own distinct genre. 'Masters of the Game' brings together works created after the PAG's dissolution and shows how these pieces collectively gave visual form to the idea of India as secular, heterogeneous, international, and united. A valuable examination of the ways artistic expression can preserve and advance its cultural heritage, this volume captures an exciting time in India's art history.