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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

15 results

  1. 2021

    1. Sawant, Shukla (Essayist). The Multiple in a Paperless Future. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 12-22. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796315
    2. Mukhopadhyay, Amit (Essayist). World, Memory and the Print as Text. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 10-11. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796314
    3. Ghosh, Subba (Essayist). Duplicity - The Secret Life of a Printmaker. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 128-132. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796326
    4. Vincent, Lina (Essayist). A Journey in Print. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 108-116. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796324
    5. Mukhopadhyay, Amit (Essayist). May 1968, Paris - Posters in Print, Public Sphere and Negation of 'Neurotic Time'. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 41-53. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796317
    6. Mukherjee, Jayati (Essayist). Printmaking Activities in Western India. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 96-102. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796322
    7. Pacharne, Uttam (Essayist). Chairman's Message. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 4-5. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796312
    8. Malaviya, Nalini S. (Essayist). Pictorial Narratives from Juxtaposing the Traditional with Modern - Jyoti Bhatt : A Case Study. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 91-95. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796321
    9. Nayar, Kavita (Essayist). Printmaking and the Delhi Moderns. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 117-127. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796325
    10. Bhagat, Ashrafi S. (Essayist). Printmaking in Chennai. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 75-90. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796320
    11. Nandy Majumdar, Soumik (Essayist). Print Making with Social Concern - Santiniketan Legacy. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 54-61. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796318
    12. Das, Nirmalendu (Essayist). A Concise History of Printmaking / Print Art - Bengal and the North East. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 62-74. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796319
    13. Bhaskaran, R.B. (Essayist). Indian Artist as Printmaker. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 103-107. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796323
    14. Vedala, Ramakrishna (Essayist). Publisher's Note. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 6-7. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796313
    15. Sengupta, Paula (Essayist). Three Centuries of Continuous Transition. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 57, pp. 23-40. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, November 2021 | Essay | FineArts | 00796316

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