Art historian Geeti Sen showed how five artists— Abanindranath Tagore, Manjit Bawa, Waswo X Waswo, R Vijay, and Nilima Sheikh —expanded India’s miniature traditions at her Delhi book launch.
Today, works from the Mewar school such as manuscript illustrations, portraits and tamasha paintings are housed in museums and private collections across the world, including the City Palace Museum and the Government Museum in Udaipur.
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From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
So Geeti Sen knows that Waswo is “big”. Wow!
Along expected lines though. After all, these are high society liberal progressive folks. They usually know how “big” everyone else in their social strata is.
Bengal used to be India’s intellectual vanguard against the onslaught of the West. It’s sad and disappointing to see how far it has fallen from it’s glory days. People like Geeti Sen represent the current state of Bengal.
Manjit Bawa’s depiction of Goddess Durga is not “bold and minimalistic”. It’s downright sleazy and offensive.
Also, his paintings come across as that of a child who has just recently learned how to draw. Nothing remarkable at all.
These people – Geeti Sen, Waswo, Rajiv, etc. – are part of a clique. It’s an elite society where everyone scratches everyone else’s back.
So Geeti Sen knows that Waswo is “big”. Wow!
Along expected lines though. After all, these are high society liberal progressive folks. They usually know how “big” everyone else in their social strata is.
Bengal used to be India’s intellectual vanguard against the onslaught of the West. It’s sad and disappointing to see how far it has fallen from it’s glory days. People like Geeti Sen represent the current state of Bengal.
Manjit Bawa’s depiction of Goddess Durga is not “bold and minimalistic”. It’s downright sleazy and offensive.
Also, his paintings come across as that of a child who has just recently learned how to draw. Nothing remarkable at all.
These people – Geeti Sen, Waswo, Rajiv, etc. – are part of a clique. It’s an elite society where everyone scratches everyone else’s back.