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Event Description: Alchemy: Contemporary Indian Painting and Miniature Traditions by Geeti Sen (Mapin Publishing: 2024)
Introduction: Waswo X. Waswo
Dr. Giles Tillotson, cultural historian, Consultant Director, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum, City Palace, Jaipur and Senior Vice President, DAG, New Delhi In Conversation with Dr. Geeti Sen, art historian, author and professor
The book introduces the work of contemporary Indian artists who have been influenced by miniature painting traditions. Dr. Sen brings together her two areas of expertise in contemporary art and miniature painting, to introduce an approach that has not been explored before. Icon-making forms an indispensable part of the visual language in India. This book selects and focuses on the work of five significant artists: Abanindranath Tagore, Manjit Bawa, Waswo X. Waswo, R. Vijay and Nilima Sheikh. They have resourced and reinvented iconic traditions, with different perspectives and using different techniques.
Collaboration: Mapin Publishing
Alchemy: Contemporary Indian Painting and Miniature Traditions by Geeti Sen
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