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Sengupta, Ratnottama (Editor). Alternate Lyricism, 2006 | Edited Book

Sengupta, Ratnottama (Editor). Alternate Lyricism - Jehangir Jani. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 2006 | Edited Book | FineArts | 00801930
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Ratnottama Sengupta (Editor)
TitleAlternate Lyricism - Jehangir Jani
Contributor(s)Jehangir Jani, Shivaji K. Panikkar, Mortimer Chatterjee, Nancy Adajania, Ranjit Hoskote, Girish Shahane, Anupa Mehta, Deeptha Achar (Contributors)
Document TypeEdited Book
PublisherMapin Publishing, Ahmedabad
Date of Publication2006
First Edition2006
Pages228 | ills. 117
BindingHB
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-8188204656
Keywordsjehangir-jani | contemporary-indian-art | authored-edited-books | book-bka | library

Contents

Introduction: Critical Interfaces in Jahangir Jani's Artistic Explorations —Shivaji K. Panikkar

1. Sculpture: Jehangir Jani, the Making of 'Peers' —Mortimer Chatterjee

2. Sculpture: Casting an 'In fidel' Head: Relief Sculptures by Jehangir Jani —Nancy Adajania

3. Sculpture: The Dancer in the Tomb: Jehangir Jani's Transgressive Gesture —Ranjit Hoskote

4. Sculpture: Religious Scores, New-Age Techno Cultures and Museal Tales —Nancy Adajania

5. Sculpture: Marked by Restraint —Girish Shahane

6. Canvas: The Otherness of the Self: Jehangir Jani's Recent Paintings —Ranjit Hoskote

7. Canvas: Painting the Moment —Deeptha Achar

8. Watercolour: Sculpted Watermarks: An Alternate Lyricism —Anupa Mehta

9. JJ in Conversation: Ratnottama Sengupta

Notes and Contributors

About the Publication

The self-taught artist, Jehangir Jani, fiercely independent of cliques or trends, has been a whirlwind of activity since his first canvases were exhibited in 1991. Jani’s art uninhibitedly represents experiential realms of sexual... Read More

About the Author

Introduction by Shivaji K Panikkar, with essays by leading art critics Ranjit Hoskote, Anupa Mehta, Mortimer Chatterjee, Nancy Adajania Girish Shahane and Deeptha Achar.