RAZA
the other modernWith his Indian vision and French sens de la plastique coalescing to create a unique modernism, S. H. Raza has been a master of colours, concepts and creativity.
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As an artist, Raza moved through many dualities, namely home and exile, colour and concept, imagination and thought, modernity and memory, creativity and invention, locale and universality, passion and meditation, anxiety and silence, time and eternity; and also, in a way, between River Narmada of his childhood and the Parisian river Seine from his adulthood. His journey is a testament to the power of artistic vision and cultural amalgamation.
Raza: The Other Modern celebrates the artist’s outstanding body of work and invites the viewer to explore the depth of his artistic genius. One of the most significant exhibitions of Raza’s work to be held in Dubai, it is a quest through the evolving phases of Raza’s life and artistic endeavours.
Ashok Vajpeyi is a New Delhi-based Hindi poet-critic who has written poetry and criticism of literature, music and visual arts in many publications. He is the recipient of many national and international awards, including the “Officier De L’Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres,” from the Government of France.
Dr Geeti Sen is a cultural historian, professor, art critic and editor, trained at the Universities of Chicago and Calcutta. A new and revised edition of her seminal work Bindu: Space and Time in Raza’s Vision has been recently published by Mapin Publishing and the Raza Foundation.
Yashodhara Dalmia is an independent art historian and curator based in New Delhi. Among her publications are Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life, The Making of Modern Indian Art and the recently published Raza: The Journey of An Iconic Artist (2021).
Gayatri Sinha is a critic, editor and curator. She has curated many important shows and written extensively about modern and contemporary Indian art. Since 2011, she has directly supported knowledge in the arts through her initiative Critical Collective, which is the first such art archive and news magazine on Indian art.
Harsh Vardhan Singh
• Foreword:
Something That Will Live Longer
Ashok Vajpeyi
• Raza’s Search for Infinity
Geeti Sen
• In the Shadow of the Black Sun
Gayatri Sinha
• The Radiating Circle
Yashodhara Dalmia
• The Last Days
Ashok Vajpeyi
• Solo Exhibitions
• Acknowledgements
| ISBN | 9789394501881 |
| Pages | 128 |
| Number of photographs | 5 |
| Number of illustrations | 103 |
| Size | 10 x 11” (254 x 279 mm), hc |
| Language(s) | English |
| Co-publisher(s) | In association with The Raza Foundation, Delhi and Progressive Art Gallery, Dubai |
| Rights Available | World Rights |