The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today - Tapa dura

Physical description; 186 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 x 30 cm. Notes; Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Saatchi Gallery, London, 29 January - 8 May 2010. Exhibition dates taken from the gallery's website. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Partial contents Includes works by Kriri Arora, Shezad Dawood, Atul Dodiya, Probir Gupta, Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, Bharti Kher, Pushpamala N., Justin Ponmany, Rashid Rana, and other artists. Summary; Indian art has gone through a boom period in parallel with the extraordinary economic rise of the subcontinent from an agrarian state to a high tech axis of the new global economy. With new money came a new gallery system. With bigger spaces came bigger art and the sheer scale of ambition led to a break into the international market, which is always keen to find a new spectacular presence in the art world. The new art has also been created against a background of communal tension and violence. The exploration of identity, a common enterprise for artists internationally, is all the more challenging in the context of India under transformation. Above all Indian artists are faced with the legacy of their history and the ghosts of the Raj. This work features an introduction by Zehra Jumabhoy. Subjects; Arora, Kriti (1972-). Dawood, Shezad (1974-). Dodiya, Atul (1959-). Gupta, Probir (1960-). Gupta, Subodh (1964-). Kallat, Jitish (1974-). Kher, Bharti (1969-). Pushpamala N. (1956-). Ponmany, Justin (1974-). Rana, Rashid (1968-). Art, Indic - 20th century - Exhibitons. Art, Indic - 21st century - Exhibitions. Art, Indic - 20th century - Exhibitions. Indian Art - 21st Century. Art, Indian - 21st century - 2000s. India - Views. History of art & design styles: from (c 1900 -). India. Art / History / General. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated. still image.