Moving Focus, India: New Perspectives on Modern & Contemporary Art
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Moving Focus, India: New Perspectives on Modern & Contemporary Art
W037598 | $95.00 / 10% library disc.
Mortimer Chatterjee. ACC Art Books, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2022.
616 pp. Two volumes, slipped-cased. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 32 x 24 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9781788841733
From long-lost paintings to ephemeral sculptures; from whimsical performances to iconic public murals; and from independent films to landmark design objects, the surprising and provocative contents of Moving Focus, India have been provided by a varied group of experts. A first of its kind, this book invited 54 artists, curators, historians and writers to each create a list of five works of art, made at any time since 1900, by artists living in India or identifying as part of its diaspora. With over 250 individual nominations, the exercise produced thrilling and unexpected choices across many mediums. Lavishly illustrated with over 1,000 archival and freshly commissioned photographs, this book is an important and timely addition to the global art discourse and a key source of reference.
Subject Headings: Asian Art (Western Style) ; Non-Western in a Western Style ; Western Art -- India -- Post-1945 -- Several Fine Arts Media (Western) --
W037598 | $95.00 / 10% library disc.
Mortimer Chatterjee. ACC Art Books, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2022.
616 pp. Two volumes, slipped-cased. Well Illustrated (chiefly col.). 32 x 24 cm. In English. Paperbound.
ISBN 9781788841733
From long-lost paintings to ephemeral sculptures; from whimsical performances to iconic public murals; and from independent films to landmark design objects, the surprising and provocative contents of Moving Focus, India have been provided by a varied group of experts. A first of its kind, this book invited 54 artists, curators, historians and writers to each create a list of five works of art, made at any time since 1900, by artists living in India or identifying as part of its diaspora. With over 250 individual nominations, the exercise produced thrilling and unexpected choices across many mediums. Lavishly illustrated with over 1,000 archival and freshly commissioned photographs, this book is an important and timely addition to the global art discourse and a key source of reference.
Subject Headings: Asian Art (Western Style) ; Non-Western in a Western Style ; Western Art -- India -- Post-1945 -- Several Fine Arts Media (Western) --
