When Was Modernism - Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India

When Was Modernism - Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India
Geeta Kapur
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24 Feb 2021 IND
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9788189487249
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A commitment to modernity is the underlying theme of this volume. Through essays that are interpretive and theoretical, the author seeks to situate the modern in contemporary cultural practice. The essays divide into three sections. The first two sections, Artists and Artworks and Film/Narratives, raise questions of authorship, genre and contemporary features of national culture that materialize into an aesthetic in the Indian context. The last section? Frames of Reference? formalizes the polemical options developed across the book. The essays here propose resistance to the depoliticization of narratives, and affirm an open-ended engagement with the avant-garde. They explore the possibility of art practice finding its own signifying space that is still a space for radical transformation.
Geeta Kapur is an independent art critic and curator living in New Delhi. Her extensive publications on modern Indian art include Contemporary Indian Artists (1978), and exhibition catalogs and monographs on artists. Her essays on cultural criticism have been widely presented in forums of art history and cultural studies.
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ISBN-13: 9788189487249
Published: 24 Feb 2021
Published In: India
Imprint: Tulika Print Communication Services
Publisher: Tulika Print Communication Services
Format: Paperback
Height: 241mm
Width: 184mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 456

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