Amrita Sher - Gil: An Indian Artist Family of the Twentieth Century

Author: Amrita Sher-GilForeword/Introduction: Deepak AnanthPublisher: National Gallery of Modern ArtYear: 2007Language: EnglishPages: 160ISBN/UPC (if available): 9783829602709 DescriptionAmrita Sher-Gil proved to be a prodigious artist in her short but experiential life. The extraordinary extent and variety of her subjects demonstrate the versatility and range of her interests, and reveal her sensitivity to the aesthetic, social, psychological and emotional aspects of existence. In many ways, her images encapsulate the characteristics of our times, notably in her constant experimentation to discover the relevance of modernism through her engagement with Indian reality.Amrita’s life was filled with several provocative contradictions that are reflected in the thematic and pictorial content of her work. Her self-consciousness and awareness are best evidenced in the innumerable letters she wrote, which are thought-provoking and contemplative. Her paintings exhibit the east-west dilemma in