Celebration 2008

Indian Painting: The Widening Circumference As we look back to Indian pre-independence years prior to 1947, the horizon of art consisted of the generally myth or legend-laden compositions by artists. Well, here was an art for the traditional family. In these pictures, as in the many mythological films of the period, the racial memory was sought to be activated. It appears as if the creators of these works had precise blueprints of what they were about. Subjectwise there was plenty to choose, from the rich deposits of common lore. It appears as if several…