"Drawing on Edward Said's notion of 'affiliation' as a critical and cultural imperative against empire and nation-state, Worldly Affiliations traces the emergence of a national art world in twentieth-century India and emphasizes its cosmopolitan ambitions and orientations. Sonal…
Affiliation, worldliness, and modernism in India -- An art of the soil : Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) -- Man and Mahabharata : Maqbool Fida Husain (1915-2011) -- The new primitives : K. G. Subramanyan (1924-) -- Paan shop for people : Bhupen Khakhar (1934-2003) -- Globalization, …
"Drawing on Edward Said's notion of 'affiliation' as a critical and cultural imperative against empire and nation-state, Worldly Affiliations traces the emergence of a national art world in twentieth-century India and emphasizes its cosmopolitan ambitions and orientations. Sonal…