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Exhibition Review
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1199-1201
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Reviewer:
Hrischeva, Julie (Hrischeva, Julie)
Subjects
artists:
Biswas, Sutapa
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge, Great Britain / Baltic, Gateshead, Great Britain
subjects:
Women artists / Colonialism / Indian sculpture / Indian painting
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge 16th October 2021–30th January 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Still from Lumen, by Sutapa Biswas. 2021. Single channel digital film, duration 30 minutes (© Sutapa Biswas; photograph Carlotta Cardana; DACS 2021).
Attributed works:
31. Housewives with Steak-knives, by Sutapa Biswas. 1984–85. Oil, acrylic, pastel, pencil, white tape and collage on paper mounted onto stretched canvas, 245 by 222 cm. (© Sutapa Biswas; photograph Andy Keate DACS/ Artimage 2020).
Attributed works:
32. Synapse II (Part II of a diptych), by Sutapa Biswas. 1987–91. Hand-printed black-and-white photograph, 112 by 132 cm. (© Sutapa Biswas; DACS 2021).
Exhibition Review
Seeing the Divine: Pahari Painting of North India Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 585-588
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Reviewer:
Aitken, Molly Emma (Aitken, Molly Emma)
Subjects
artists:
Nainsukh / Manaku
collectors and dealers:
Kossak, Steven
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
styles:
Pahari
subjects:
Indian painting / Hinduism / Gods
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Devi in the form of Bhadrakali adored by the gods, attributed to the Master of the Early Rasamanjari, folio from a dispersed Tantric Devi series. Punjab Hills, kingdom of Basohli, c.1660–70. Opaque watercolour, gold, silver and beetle-wing cases on paper, 17.8 by 16.7 cm. (Kronos Collections; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Attributed works:
11. Krishna celebrates the start of the rainy season, attributed to the Master of the Swirling Skies, folio from the devotional text of the Bhagavata Purana. Punjab Hills, kingdom of Jammu. c.1725–50. Opaque watercolour and silver on paper, 21.3 by 14.9 cm. (Kronos Collections; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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12. Raja Balwant Singh’s vision of Krishna and Radha, attributed to Nainsukh. Punjab Hills, kingdom of Jasrota. c.1745– 50. Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 19.7 by 15.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India. Asia Society, New York
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 77-80
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Reviewer:
Brown, Rebecca M. (Brown, Rebecca M.)
Subjects
artists:
Raza, S. H. / Souza, F. N. / Husain, M. F. / Kumar, Ram / Mehta, Tyeb / Khanna, Krishen / Ara, K. H.
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
Asia Society Museum, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Bombay Progressive Artists' Group / Indian painting / Modernism / Artists' groups and associations / Landscapes (visual works) / Portraits / Self-portraits / Nudes / Politics / Gender / Art market
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Standing nude, by F.N. Souza. 1957. Board. 121.1 by 61 cm. (Private collection; exh. Asia Society, New York).
Attributed works:
26. Mahisasura, by Tyeb Mehta. 1997. Acrylic on canvas, 149.9 by 121.9 cm. (Rajiv and Payal Chaudhri Collection; exh. Asia Society, New York).
Attributed works:
27. News of Gandhiji’s death, by Krishen Khanna. 1948. Canvas, 85.1 by 85.1 cm. (Courtesy of Radhika Chopra and Rajan Anandan; exh. Asia Society, New York).
Book Review
A Mystical Realm of Love: Pahari Paintings from the Eva and Konrad Seitz Collection. By J.P. Losty.
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 870-871
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Reviewer:
Kandhari, Jasleen (Kandhari, Jasleen)
Subjects
artists:
Nainsukh / Manaku
dates:
1600-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1899
media:
Paintings / Miniatures (paintings) / Illuminated manuscripts
places:
India / Rajahstan
subjects:
Indian painting / Pahari / Rajput / Rajput painting / Collections / Collections, Private / Dating / Provenance / Style / Attribution / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. The Abhisarika nayika from an Ashtanayika series, attributed to the Guler artist Manaku, c.1750. Opaque pigments with gold on paper, 20.8 by 15.2 cm. (Museum Rietberg, Zurich).
Exhibition Review
Puja and Piety. Santa Barbara
08/2016 | 1361 | 158
Pages: 680-682
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Reviewer:
Patel, Alka (Patel, Alka)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, United States
places:
United States / Santa Barbara
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Indian painting / Indian sculpture / Religious art / Jain / Hinduism / Buddhist
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
86. The Cosmic Parshvanatha, A Shvetambara (White-Clad) Tantric composition of Matras. Mewar, Rajasthan, c.1775-1800 (Lent by Julia Emerson; exh. Santa Barbara Museum of Art)
Non-western art unattributed:
87. Façade of a Jain household shrine. Gujarat, late eighteenth-early nineteenth century (Santa Barbara Museum of Art)
Non-western art unattributed:
88. Narasimha slaying Hiranyakashipu, with the devoted Prahlada watching. Folio from an unidentified manuscript of a Vaishnava devotional text. Bikaner, Rajasthan, eighteenth century (Santa Barbara Museum of Art)
Exhibition Review
Deccan India 1500–1700. New York
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 571-573
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Reviewer:
Beach, Milo Cleveland (Beach, Milo Cleveland)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1500-1699
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Indian painting / Indian sculpture / Art / Deccani
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
65. Peacock in a rainstorm at night. Northern Deccan. Late sixteenth century (Private collection, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Non-western art unattributed:
66. Kalamkari hanging. Golconda region of Coromandel Coast, Deccan. c.1640-50 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Non-western art unattributed:
67. A parrot perched on a mango tree, a ram tethered below. Golconda, Deccan. c.1630-70 (Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art, Hyderabad; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Exhibition Review
Mughal India. London
04/2013 | 1321 | 155
Pages: 271-273
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Reviewer:
Erskine, Robert (Erskine, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Indian painting / Mughal / Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
63. Detail from The battle of Kanua in 1527, by Mahesh. c.1590s. Opaque watercolour on paper, 26.3 by 15.5 cm. (British Library, London, Or. 3714, fol.453).
Attributed works:
65. The weighing of Shah Jehan on his forty-second birthday, by Bhola. c.1635. From the Padshahnama. Opaque watercolour on paper, 32.2 by 22.9 cm. (image). (Royal collection, Windsor Castle; exh. British Library, London).
Attributed works:
66. Akbar ordering the slaughter to cease in 1578, attributed to Miskina. From the Akbar Nama. c.1595. Opaque watercolour on paper, 30.6 by 18.5 cm. (British Library, London, Johnson Album, 8,4).
Non-western art unattributed:
64. Sir David Ochterlony in Indian dress watching a nautch in his house in Delhi. c.1820. Opaque watercolour on paper, 22.2 by 31.8 cm. (British Library, London, Add. Or. 2).
Book Review
Visions of Mughal India – The Collection of Howard Hodgkin
07/2012 | 1312 | 154
Pages: 500-501
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Reviewer:
Beach, Milo Cleveland (Beach, Milo Cleveland)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Hodgkin, Howard
dates:
1500-1699 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain
print:
Indian painting
subjects:
Indian painting / Exhibitions / Collecting / Collections, Private / Mughal / Mughal School
subjects:
Rajput
subjects:
Paintings / Drawings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Visions of Mughal India – The Collection of Howard Hodgkin | author: Topsfield, Andrew
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Elephant trampling a horse. Deccan, Bijapur, c.1630–50. Brush drawing with gold and silver on marbled paper, 16.2 by 24.9 cm. (Collection of Howard Hodgkin).
Exhibition Review
Indian painters, 1100–1900. Zürich and New York
01/2012 | 1306 | 154
Pages: 66-67
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Reviewer:
Carrier, David (Carrier, David)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1499 / 1500-1899
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
museums and institutions:
Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland
places:
New York / United States
places:
Switzerland / Zürich
print:
Indian painting
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Indian painting / Indian / Painters / Artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Wonder of the Age. Master Painters of India 1100–1900 | institution: Metropolitan Museum of Art , institution: Museum Rietberg
Illustrations
Attributed works:
93. The ‘gopis’ plead with Krishna to return their clothing, by the Master of the ‘Isarda’ Bhagavata Purana. Dehli–Agra, c.1560–65. Watercolour and ink on paper, 19.2 by 25.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
94. The marital bliss of Nala and Damayanti, folio from a Nala-Damayanti series, by Ranjha. Kangra, c.1800–10. Ink and watercolour on paper, 22.2 by 33.3 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
95. Emperor Babur returning late to camp, drunk after a boating party in celebration of the end of Ramadan in 1519, page from a Baburnama manuscript, by Farrukh Beg. Mughal, 1589. Watercolour on paper, 21 by 13 cm. (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
South Indian Paintings: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 677-678
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Reviewer:
Howes, Jennifer (Howes, Jennifer)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1899
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Indian painting
subjects:
Catalogues / Collections, Public / Indian painting / Colonial
Reviewed Items
subjects:
South Indian Paintings: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection | author: Dallapiccola, A.L.
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
41. A major-general’s groom. Indian, nineteenth century. Mica, 12.5 by 8.5 cm. (British Museum, London).
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