Title: Western artists and India : creative inspirations in art and design /
Authors: Jhaveri, Shanay,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Civilization, Western Indic influences; Art Indic influences.; Art Indic influences.; Art, European Indic influences; Art, American Indic influences.; India In art.
Abstract: "Western Artists and India identifies the cross-cultural exchanges that took place between India and the West after decolonization, with its primary focus on important American and European artists and designers who travelled to India post independence and created works inspired by their visits. While providing a valuable portrait of a largely unacknowledged aspect of the history of art produced in India, their journeys serve as the conduit to an examination of the growth of Indian Modernism and rare moments of local patronage. This highly original volume has nearly 400 images, which include many hitherto unpublished photographs from personal archives. It comprises seven authoritative essays by noted critics and art historians; four fascinating interviews with the artists Howard Hodgkin, Lynda Benglis, Luigi Ontani and Wolfgang Laib; a specially commissioned contribution by the artist Matti Braun; and representative portfolios of 29 artists"--Alibris.com.
Contents: Is it still referred to as "going abroad"? / introduction by Shanay Jhaveri -- Ad Reinhardt -- Alexander Calder -- A modern formation?: circulating international art in India, 1950s-1970s / by Devika Singh -- Alexander Gorlizki -- Anselm Kiefer -- Interview with Howard Hodgkin / by Shanay Jhaveri -- Camille Henrot -- Dexter Dalwood -- Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster -- Charles and Ray Eames in India / by Saloni Mathur -- Donald Fels -- Eric Fischl -- The studio system of Luigi Ontani / interview by Benjamin Thelonious Fels -- Francesco Clemente -- Frank Stella -- Gyan Panchal -- MoMA, the Ulm and the development of design pedagogy in India / by Farhan Sirajul Karim -- Hanuman Books -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- John Baldessari -- Sata Ahmedabad Upagraha / by Matti Braun -- Jon Kessler -- Keith Sonnier -- Globalism before globalization: the ambivalent fate of Triennale India / by Nancy Adajania -- Louise Despont -- Luisa Lambri -- Interview with Lynda Benglis / by Shanay Jhaveri -- Martin Parry -- The Otolith Group -- Peter Kinley -- A bifocal frame of reference / by Pradeep Dalal -- Richard Long -- Robert Kushner -- Robert Rauschenberg -- Interview with Wolfgang Laib / by Shanay Jhaveri -- Roy Lichtenstein -- Sophie Calle -- Purabi / by Grant Watson -- Taryn Simon -- William Gedney.