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Jain, Jyotindra (Author). Jangarh Singh Shyam, 2018 | 00801995

Jain, Jyotindra (Author). Jangarh Singh Shyam - A Conjuror’s Archive. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2018 | Authored Book | FineArts | 00801995
Jyotindra Jain (Author)
TitleJangarh Singh Shyam - A Conjuror’s Archive
Document TypeAuthored Book
PublisherMapin Publishing, Ahmedabad
Date of Publication2018
First Edition2018
Pages176 | ills. 90
BindingHB
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-9385360633
Keywordscrafts-of-india | indian-craftspeople | artisans | authored-edited-books | book-bka | library

Contents

Prologue

1. The Moulding of the MUSE

2. The Moulding of the MUSE: I. Bharat Bhavan and the Art vs. Ethnography Discourse

3. The Moulding of the MUSE: II. Jangarh’s ‘Discovery’

4. The Moulding of the MUSE: III. Multiple Mediations and the ‘Secularising’ Processes in Jangarh’s Work

5. The Moulding of the MUSE: IV. Visualising his Gods

6. The Moulding of the MUSE: V. Printmaking

7. The Moulding of the MUSE: VI. Jangarh, Theatre and Music

8. The Moulding of the MUSE: VII. The Vidhan Bhavan Mural Project (1996) and the Consolidation of the Pardhan Idiom of Painting

9. The Moulding of the MUSE: VIII. The Narrative Turn

10. The Moulding of the MUSE: IX. Retrieving the World Left Behind: A Place from Where to Speak

11. The Moulding of the MUSE: X. A Conjuror’s Archive

12. TRAPPED IN CROSSING

13. TRAPPED IN CROSSING: I. Jangarh’s Letter to his Mother

14. TRAPPED IN CROSSING: II. Jangarh’s Letter to his Wife, Nankushiya

15. TRAPPED IN CROSSING: III. The Letter from the Mithila Museum, Japan

AFTERWORD

AFTERWORD: I. Ram Singh Urveti

AFTERWORD: II. Anand Shyam

AFTERWORD: III. Bhajju Shyam

AFTERWORD: IV. Narmada Prasad Tekam

AFTERWORD: V. Mayank Shyam

AFTERWORD: VI. Dileep Shyam

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

About the Publication

Before any sound critical framework could be evolved around the artist Jangarh Singh Shyam as the originator of an extraordinary individualistic idiom of painting, ruthless market forces came to dominate his art, claiming Jangarh... Read More

About the Author

An eminent scholar of Indian art and popular visual culture, Jyotindra Jain has published extensively in the areas of his Indian art and craft traditions. He is presently a Member of the International Advisory of the Humboldt Foru... Read More