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The Empire Strikes Back

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.

 

INTRODUCTION BY ZEHRA JUMABHOY

2 in stock

9780224089494 , ,
Weight 1.405 kg
Dimensions 298 × 297 × 20 mm
ISBN

9780224089494

Cover

Hardback

Publication Year

2010

Publisher

Jonathan Cape