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Introduction

The Lalit Kala Akademi was founded by the Government of India on 5th August 1954 by the then Minister for Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The first edition of the Lalit Kala Contemporary Journal was published in June 1962.
This illustrated journal features essays and articles on:
* Artists and art personalities
* Current art movements of the time
* Exhibition features and reviews
The journal aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas on modern and contemporary art and to help readers, especially in India, to gain a fresh perspective on art, both national and international.

Publication details

Editors
R.K. Bhatnagar
M. Rajaram
A.S. Raman
Monohar Kaul
Ratnottama Sengupta
Betty Saldanha
Santo Datta
Nandita Jaishankar
Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
K.L. Kaul
M. Ramachandran
Rahaab Allana
Preeti Kathuria
Subhra Mazumdar
G. Vinod Kumar
Keshav Malik
S.A. Krishnan
Mala Marwah
Amit Mukhopadhyay
Josef James
Pranabranjan Ray
Publishers
Founders
Government of India
Directors
Shri V Nagdas

Body of Work

Lalit Kala Contemporary

Appasamy, Jaya (Editor) and S.A. Krishnan (Assistant Editor, design and layout). Lalit Kala Contemporary, 1968 | Journal

1968 · Journal

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  1. 1968

    1. James, Bruce (Essayist). A Passage from India - Seven Painters in London. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 19-29. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795618
    2. Chattopadhyay, Kamaladevi (Essayist). Notes - Losses in the Art World. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 45-47. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795624
    3. Sen, Paritosh (Essayist). Reflections. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 32-33. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795620
    4. Subramanyan, K.G. (Essayist). Book-Reviews. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 48-49. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795625
    5. Appasamy, Jaya (Essayist). On Drawing. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 1-5. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795616
    6. Appasamy, Jaya (Essayist). Folk Painting on Glass. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 39-41. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795622
    7. Sanyal, B.C. (Essayist). The Fourth Documenta 1968. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 42-44. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795623
    8. Krishnan, S.A. (Essayist). P. V. Janakiram - A Sculptor of Great Promise. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 30-31. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795619
    9. Kar, Amina (Essayist). Contemporary French Art - Some Abstract Painters of the Post-War School. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 34-38. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795621
    10. Berger, John (Essayist). The Moment of Cubism. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 9, pp. 6-18. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 1968 | Essay | FineArts | 00795617

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