Amrita Sher-Gil: An Indian Artist Family of the Twentieth Century

Sher-Gil, Amrita ; Ananth, Deepak ; Serota, Nicholas ; Sher-Gil, Umrao Singh ; Sundaram, Vivan

Published by Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, Germany, 2007

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Book condition is Very Good; bound in pictorial wraps. Some toning, rubbing and edge wear to exterior. Slight toning to page edges. Illustrated throughout, some in color. ; 4to. 12 1/2"h x 9"w. Seller Inventory # 16664

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Title: Amrita Sher-Gil: An Indian Artist Family of ...
Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, Germany
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Softcover
Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Amrita Sher Gil : An Indian Artist Family of the Twentieth Century

Deepak Ananth

Published by Photoink in Corporation with National Gallery of Modern Art, 2008

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105 plates (illustrator). Contents Foreword Rajeev Lochan 2 Introduction Nicholas Serota 3 An unfinished project Deepak Ananth Plates Umrao Singh Sher Gil Amrita Sher Gil Vivan Sundaram Chronology Amrita Sher Gil proved to be a prodigious artist in her short but experiential life The extraordinary extent and variety of her subjects demonstrate the versatility and range of her interests and reveal her sensitivity to the aesthetic social psychological and emotional aspects of existence In many ways her images encapsulate the characteristics of our times notably in her constant experimentation to discover the relevance of modernism through her engagement with Indian reality Amritas life was filled with several provocative contradictions that are reflected in the thematic and pictorial content of her work Her self consciousness and awareness are best evidenced in the innumerable letters she wrote which are thought provoking and contemplative Her paintings exhibit the east west dilemma in pictorial terms and demonstrate how her creative genius grasped the Indian pictorial tradition and environment to create a very personalized ethos They show how diverse cultural identities allow the possibility of intermingling perhaps because of the potential and inherent quality of change they have to offer Amritas was an inquisitive mind intensely passionate introspective and always self evaluating in a constant search to transcend the human condition through her creations She consciously tried to assimilate her understanding of the west and interweave it with strains of her indigenous inheritance in an artistic process of absorbing the collective consciousness of the people around her people whom she chose to react to and also paint 192 pp. Seller Inventory # 85237

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