Trends in recent sculpture
by Jaya Appasamy Published in Lalit Kala Contemporary no. 16, 1973, pp. 25-28
The portfolio includes some works of recent sculptures by young artist and is an attempt to survey the new directions as well as highlight the achievements and consider the difficulties. Sculpture is being practiced more widely than
read more Punjab Lithography: popular urban art
by Jaya Appasamy The Punjab was one of the last provinces to fall to the British and western influences percolated there only in the second half of the nineteenth century. Peace prevailed after many decades of turmoil. Under the new administrators, the state rapidly became productive and progressive. The people were
read more Contemporary graphics in India
by Jaya Appasamy Introduction
Among the modern visual media two have seen a spectacular development and evolved complex forms in the twentieth century-- namely cinematography and printing. The cinema is a medium which is entirely new, it has drawn into its fold the other performing arts, but it more than a mere synthesis
read more The paths of abstraction
by Jaya Appasamy Abstraction appears in art with the desire to do away with traditional subject matter and liberate painting from its themes. Until the beginning of the twentieth century subjects tended to dominate art and were read by the spectator, often coming between him and the impact of the work as a visual object.
read more Contemporary Indian sculpture
by Jaya Appasamy Sculpture which was once India’s major art form has not yet come into its own in modern times. Looking at the profound works at Elephanta or Konarak, at Mahabalipuram or Tanjore one wonders how a nation can so forget or neglect its native powers as to produce no work of comparable grandeur. No doubt
read more The painters of the Transition
by Jaya Appasamy When the history of our period comes to be written it will be seen that its output was one which changed imperceptibly artist by artist by each art work that joined the total stream causing minute differences of direction and flavour. Perhaps some artists contribute more and others less to this pattern
read more Early Calcutta lithographs
by Jaya Appasamy Lithography, a method of printing from drawings made on stone, was adopted by Indian artists and used for the creation of popular pictures. In the second half of the nineteenth century the Calcutta market was flooded by such prints; the style of these pictures was somewhat western and largely instrumental
read more Indian Art since Independence: Figurative to Abstract and Beyond
by Jaya Appasamy The open doors and wide skies of Indian freedom have given a considerable impetus to Indian art. What grew precariously in the atmosphere of a hot house in the British period is now vigorously putting forth new leaves and flowers. In variety and strength the modern art of India reflects her heterogeneous
read more Early Oil Painting in Bengal
by Jaya Appasamy Though little is known about early Bengali oil painting, a fairly large number of works in this technique are now available for study. The medium was obviously one learnt from foreign artists, but in the latter part of the 18th and in the 19th century it was used to paint pictures
read more The Artist and Society
by Jaya Appasamy In a period of transition from the old to the new the emphasis in our country is essentially on technology and science. At no earlier period in our History have the changes we have faced been so immense, nor have they affected to a like extant our ways of thinking and living. Preoccupied with this transformation
read more The Art of Sakti and Ratna Burman
by Jaya Appasamy Sakti Burman and his young French wife Ratna (Delteil) are now visiting India after a long stay in Paris. Both of them studied art at Ecole Des Beaux-arts there and continue to live in Paris as freelance painters. The environment has been a maturing and enriching experience, challenging because of its
read more On Drawing
by Jaya Appasamy Though drawing is an important subject in itself we tend at times to think of it as a subsidiary art. Yet all artists learn how to draw and to many it is the basis of their art. Drawing is a separate field of creative expression and includes various media and types of work. It may be spontaneous,
read more Ram Kinkar
by Jaya Appasamy An important artist..............whose work is characterised by a striking vitality and an expressionist style is Ram Kinkar. Ram Kinkar is notable also because he is the first modern sculptor of the 20th Century who was not restricted by the study of academic formulae. His output is characterised by
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