Abstraction in Indian Painting  (English, Hardcover, Jahan Badar)

The presence of Abstraction in Indian Contemporary Art has been intensely debated throughout the post independence era. It was in late 1940\'s that Bombay Progressive Group, Calcutta Group, Baroda Group and later some individuals exuded new ethos towards abstraction. There have also been artists like V S Gaitonde, Jeram Patel, Nasreen Mohammedi and S H Raza, who have been totally devoted to the non-representational art.

This book provides an analytical view of Abstract Art Movement and its assimilation in India Contemporary Painting. It also highlights of both over each other. The author identifies the significance of Abstraction in Indian Painting, applied constantly throughout the post independence era. She also stresses importance of folk and other traditional art, pointing towards its continuity echoing in the contemporary art of the whole world. Major differences between artists and their influences are discusses with due seriousness and are seen as an honest and intellectual attempt to make Indian contemporary art a significant portal.

The choice of illustrations is wide and truly testifies the richness and diversity of the subject and a bibliography provides useful reference material.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Fifty Five Years of Post Independence Indian Painting
Chapter 2: The Dialectic of Abstract Art
Chapter 3: The Story of Abstract Art Movement
Chapter 4: Tracing Abstraction in Trends and Tendencies
Chapter 5: Abstraction Through Indigenous Sources
Abstraction and folk and tribal art,
Abstraction and tantra art,
Abstraction and symbols & scripts
Chapter 6: An Insight on Contemporary Indian Artists by Jamini Roy, K C S Panikar, S H Raza, Nasreen Mohammedi and Jeram Patel.