Modernity in Indian Art English 2025
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ISBN:
9789365235951
Publisher:
Rupa Publications India
Pages:
144
Weight:
231 g
Dimensions:
12.9 x 19.8 x 7.7 cm
Book Cover:
Hard Cover
Thema:
- The arts: general topics
When tradition lingers like a faded script, what does it mean to be modern? Harsha V. Dehejia embarks on a profound exploration of modernity, weaving together philosophy, aesthetics, and emotion. He tries to decode the shifting soul of modern Indian art, where the artist is no longer a servant to patron or literature but a seeker of personal truth. In this landscape of artistic liberation, a new Rasa emerges—duhkha, the quiet despair of modernity. Born of solitude, capitalism, and the slow fracturing of old bonds, it stains the canvas with existential urgency and pulses with angst.
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