THE EMPIRE STRIKE BACK. INDIAN ART TODAY

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This beautifully illustrated catalogue was published to accompany the exhibition: The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, which surveyed recent developments in contemporary art from India.
The first in-depth look at the lively, hip, and often controversial contemporary art scene in India. Indian art has gone through a boom period paralleling the country’s extraordinary economic rise from an agrarian state to a high-tech axis of the new global economy. With new money came bigger gallery spaces and bigger art—the scale of ambition led to a break onto the international art market. The new art also often reflects a background of religious divide and violence. The exploration of identity, a common enterprise for artists internationally, is all the more challenging in the context of India under transformation. The book features the richest collection of contemporary art assembled to date. It brings together the most compelling and interesting artists from this young and vibrant art scene, some of whom have not shown outside their native country.
Indian art has gone through a boom period in parallel with the extraordinary economic rise of the subcontinent from an agrarian state to a high tech axis of the new global economy. With new money came a new gallery system. With bigger spaces came bigger art and the sheer scale of ambition led to a break into the international market, which is always keen to find a new spectacular presence in the art world. The new art has also been created against a background of communal tension and violence. The exploration of identity, a common enterprise for artists internationally, is all the more challenging in the context of India under transformation. Above all Indian artists are faced with the legacy of their history and the ghosts of the Raj.

Descrizione bibliografica
Titolo: The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today
Curatore: Mark Holborn, Saatchi Gallery
Introduzione di: Zehra Jumabhoy
Editore: New York: Skira Rizzoli USA International Publications Inc, 2010 (Originally published in 2009 in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd. Random House)
Lunghezza: 186 pagine; 27 cm
Peso: 2 Kg
ISBN: 0847834689, 9780847834686
Lingua: Inglese
Language: English
Soggetti: Arte Indiana moderna e contemporanea, Globalizzazione, Gallerie, India, Artisti, Mostre, Opere, Esibizioni, Trasformazioni sociali, Pittura, Scultura, Installazioni, Fumetti, Dipinti, Acrilico, Megalopoli, Global economic power, High-Tech Culture, Chitra Ganesh, Spiritualità, Bombay, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kerala, Lahore, Pakistan, Baroda, Gaiwel, UFO, Probir Gupta, Kashmir, Road Builders, Arora, Dawood, Jitish Kallat, Tushar Joag, Kher, Ali, Jaishri Abichandani, Dodiya, Subodh Gupta, Huma Mulji, Nayar, Krishnan, Joag, Venkanna, Sigh, Santhush, Rashid Rana, Ponmany, Rajesh Ram, Fibreglass sculptures, Gandhi, Non-violence, Eruda, Huma Bhabha, Allah O Akbar, Islamic, Arabian Delight, The Enlightening Army of the Empire, Spotlights, neon strips, lightbulbs, Installation, Sculpture, Painting, London, Photography, Comics, Contemporary

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