Enchantment and EngagementA keen observer of the relationships between art, environment and society in different traditions, K. G. Subramanyan believes that, besides embellishing them, murals have to transform the look of buildings and add to their personality. Like architecture, murals ought to relate to their environment and address needs that go beyond self expression. Subramanyan thus harvests the expressive powers of visual conventions and the different kinds of

It analyzes the many influences Subramanyan absorbed in India and abroad while elucidating his unique contributions to contemporary Indian art theory and practice

Lynda Benglis

Take One Three Times

but still hanging in the tension in between

Despite the powerful opposing forces

London-born Mortimer Chatterjee moved to India to pursue his interest in art from the subcontinent

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Nikhil Chopra is a performance artist who focuses on subjects of identity

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making Sex and Terror an intriguing reconsideration of ancient Rome that transcends its history

Amrita Sher-Gil is among India's first woman painters to make a mark at national and international levels

and the innovative theater director and artist Tadeusz Kantor