Lightning / by M.F. Husain ; with contributions by Susan S. Bean [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husain, Maqbul Fida, artist.

Bean, Susan S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Husain, Maqbul Fida--Exhibitions.

Husain, Maqbul Fida.

Husain, Maqbul Fida--Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

130 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : TamarindArt and Kent Srikanth Charugundla in cooperation with Asia Society Museum, New York and Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad, India, 2019.

Summary:

Lightning' was created in 1975, during a very controversial period in India?s history, to be the backdrop of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi?s Emergency speech. Given the short time frame that M.F. Husain had to complete the work, it was titled 'Lightning', because it came about in a flash. The masterpiece was made up of twelve massive panels with ten wild, white horses charging through an open space. 00The significance of the painting is heightened not only by its sheer size or the brilliant rendering of its subject by the artist but also the time it was executed and the ideologies it stands for. The painting included depictions of family planning, farmers and their families, and a builder with an axe in hand. The work portrayed the political climate of the time in India post-separation. 00This book was conceived in honour of Husain, and various anecdotal stories and interviews on the painting form a part of this book. The selected authors invited to write on Lightning address the painting as well as its creator from various angles. It is an attempt to create a whole story around this masterpiece; every brush stroke and every inch of the canvas has a story, secretly tucked away in the midst of the powerfully rendered horses, that is left for the beholder to decipher.00Exhibition: Asia Society Museum, New York, USA (20.03.-04.08.2019).

Notes:

"Originally published privately in 2007 by TamarindArt and Kent Srikanth Charugundla"--Title page verso.

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition "M.F. Husain: art and the nation" organized by Asia Society, New York, March 20, 2019-August 04, 2019"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9789385360688

938536068X

9780979449505

0979449502

OCLC:

1109211928