Despite its great diversity and complex aesthetic, contemporary Indian art is not well known except in very specific areas of the country. It is expressed in techniques common to the most recent 20th century art movements. However, traditional Indian art continues to have its place in the art community, most often classified in separate categories, distinct from other art forms.
Indian art is considered special.
Separate museums or rooms within museums have been created for it . . . There are Chinese rooms, Southeast Asia rooms, Medieval rooms, Romanticism rooms, Impressionist rooms, Abstract Expressionist rooms, Pop Art rooms, Native American Art rooms etc. . . The scarcity and high degree of aesthetic sophistication of such Indian art gives the objects great value from both an artistic as well as monetary standpoint. Contemporary Indian art is in the mainstream of art being produced today, with Indian artists working in every major expression, producing art that is innovative, challenging, expressive. The greater whole in this case is the culture, the lifestyle, the history etc.