INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ART (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24VAP121
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
30.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to Acknowledge Indian art schools and artists with various art movements and ideas which developed with time period in different areas. Analyzing the development of art culturally and understanding the importance of Indian art and art techniques in the era of globalization.

Course Outcomes: 

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24VAP121

 

Indian Contemporary Art (Theory)

 

CO1: Identify the idea of modernism in the Indian context. Understand the initiative of contemporary Indian art through assessing artists and their art works. To build the critical awareness and advantage of Indian art.

CO2: Articulate the evolution in contemporary art through artists’ works, their style and painted subjects in Indian art. of new mediums in modern artworks. 

CO3: Explore the idea of installation art to understand the use of various materials and space.

CO4: Aware of the digital trends and introduce new media in Indian art to understand the digital influence.

CO5:    Understand the significance of tradition and cultural identity. Evaluate and accept the importance of Indian traditional art. Get the knowledge of the contribution of artists in turning and developing society, politics and environmental issues in India.

CO06: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

Approach in Teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading Assignments, Multiple Points of View 

 

Learning Activities for The Students:

Self-Learning Assignments, Effective Questions, Giving Tasks, Oral Explanation

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester end examination, Quiz, Solving Problems in Tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual And Group Projects

 

 

6.00
Unit I: 
The Pioneers of Contemporary Indian Art

Raja Ravi Varma, Abanindranath Tagore, Amrita Shergil, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Jamini Roy, Nandalal Bose, Krishna Reddy, Pradosh Das Gupta, Prankrishna Pal, Nirode Mazumder and Paritosh Sen

6.00
Unit II: 
The Development of Contemporary Indian Art

F.N. Souza, Raza, M.F. Hussain, K.H. Ara, Benode Behari Mukherjee, Ramkinkar Vaij, Sailoz Mukherjee, Devi Prosad Roy Chowdhury, K.C.S. Panikar, D.P. Roy Choudhury.

6.00
Unit III: 
Installation Art

Vivan Sundram, Hema Upadhyay, Subodh Gupta, Anish Kapoor, Sheela Gowda and Bharti Kher

6.00
Unit IV: 
Interactive and Digital Art

Fabin Rasheed, Sahej Rahel, Keshav Venkataraghavan, Akash Choyal, Sneha Chakraborty, Siraj Hassan, Chitra Ganesh, Nalini Malani and Khyati Trehan

6.00
Unit V: 
Folk, Tribal, Miniature and Traditional Art

Jyoti Bhatt, K.G Subramanyam, J Swaminathan, Thota Vakuntam, Raghav Kaneria, Gagan Bihari Dadhich, Shree Lal Joshi, Pradeep Mukherjee, Shyam family, Dulari Devi, Abdul Gafur Khatri and Chamba Rumal Painting.

Dwarka Prasad Sharma, Devkinandan Sharma, Ramgopal Vijayvergiya, Kripal Singh Shekhawat, Virendra Bannu, Tilak Gitai, Charan Sharma, Ramu Ramdev, Nand Lal Thakur, and B.C. Gui. 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Contemporary Art in India A Perspective by Pran Nath Mago
  2. When Was Modernism Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India by Geeta Kapur
  3. Indian contemporary art Contemporary, One Word, Several Worlds BY HERV perdriolle

Suggested Reading:

  1. JOA - Journal of Arts
  2. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts
  3. Atishay Kalit- A Bilingual Research Journal of Fine Arts, Culture and Humanities
  4. Kala: The Journal of Indian Art History Congress
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