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.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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.