Invisible Webs-Amit Dutta-9789382936505
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Invisible Webs-Amit Dutta
In July 2001,
Jangarh Singh Shyam, the 39-year-old Pardhan-Gond artist from Patangarh
village in Madhya Pradesh, took his own life inside a museum in Japan. This
incident, far from being isolated, is in fact resonant of a whole century of
art historical experiences of the Indian nation. This book explores the
phenomenon of Jangarh and his art through a multi-sided art-historical
investigation questioning the whole premise of art practice in India through
the last two centuries and the making of its modern identity. As was said of
Van Gogh by Antoine Artaud: 'an artist suicided by society,' the book probes
the elements that could have possibly `suicided' Jangarh, the artist. The
clues are embedded in art history. Many details in the story of Jangarh, like
his native village or workplace at Bhopal, lead towards strong and surprising
links to some of the major figures and movements that shaped the modern
Indian artistic and cultural milieu, forming an intricate web |
Book |
ISBN |
9789382936505
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PUBLISHER |
IIAS |
Pages |
273 |
Binding |
0 |
Edition |
2018 |
Language |
ENGLISH |
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