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Gandhi In The Gallery : The Art Of Disobedience
Publisher:
Roli Books
| Author:
Sumathi Ramaswamy
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Roli Books
Author:
Sumathi Ramaswamy
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
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Mohandas K. Gandhi has been described as ?an artist of non-violence,? crafting as he did a set of practices of the self and politics that earned him the mantle of Mahatma, ?the great soul.? his philosophy and praxis of satyagraha, non-violent Civil disobedience, has been analysed extensively. But is satyagraha also an aesthetic regime, with practices akin to a work of art? Is Gandhi, then, an artist of disobedience?
Sumathi Ramaswamy explores these questions with the help of India?s modern and contemporary artists who have over the past century sought out the Mahatma as their muse and invested in him across a wide range of media from painting and sculpture to video installation and digital production. At a time when Gandhi is a hallowed but Hollow presence, why have they lavish so much attention on him? A hundred and fifty years after his birth, Gandhi is hyper visible across the Indian landscape from tea stalls and government offices to museums and galleries. This is ironical given that the Mahatma appeared to have had little time for the visual arts or for artists for that matter. Yet fascinatingly, the visual artist has emerged as Gandhian conscience-keeper, reminding others of the meaning of the Mahatma in his own time and today. In so doing, these artists also reveal why this most disobedient of ?modern? icons has grabbed their attention, resulting in a veritable art of disobedience as an homage to one of the twentieth century great prophets of disobedience.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi has been described as ?an artist of non-violence,? crafting as he did a set of practices of the self and politics that earned him the mantle of Mahatma, ?the great soul.? his philosophy and praxis of satyagraha, non-violent Civil disobedience, has been analysed extensively. But is satyagraha also an aesthetic regime, with practices akin to a work of art? Is Gandhi, then, an artist of disobedience?
Sumathi Ramaswamy explores these questions with the help of India?s modern and contemporary artists who have over the past century sought out the Mahatma as their muse and invested in him across a wide range of media from painting and sculpture to video installation and digital production. At a time when Gandhi is a hallowed but Hollow presence, why have they lavish so much attention on him? A hundred and fifty years after his birth, Gandhi is hyper visible across the Indian landscape from tea stalls and government offices to museums and galleries. This is ironical given that the Mahatma appeared to have had little time for the visual arts or for artists for that matter. Yet fascinatingly, the visual artist has emerged as Gandhian conscience-keeper, reminding others of the meaning of the Mahatma in his own time and today. In so doing, these artists also reveal why this most disobedient of ?modern? icons has grabbed their attention, resulting in a veritable art of disobedience as an homage to one of the twentieth century great prophets of disobedience.
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