| Description |
186 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Jaishri Abichandani -- Mansoor Ali -- Kriti Arora -- Shezad Dawood -- Atul Dodiya -- Chitra Ganesh -- Probir Gupta -- Subodh Gupta -- Tushar Joag -- Jitish Kallat -- Reena Saini Kallat -- Bharti Kher -- Rajan Krishnan -- Huma Mulji -- Pushpamala N. -- Yamini Nayar -- Justin Ponmany -- Rajesh Ram -- Rashid Rana -- T.V. Santhosh -- Schandra Singh -- Tallur L.N. -- Hema Upadhyay -- T. Venkanna |
| Summary |
"As the base for global economic power shifts from the West to Asia, India has undergone a transformation. The mobile phone has reached the Indian village. The is now home to an emerging high-tech culture, which has brought with it entrepreneurship and pockets of wealth. A vibrant contemporary Indian art world with a developed gallery structure has risen with the new economy." "In her accompanying text to The Empire Strikes Back, Zehra Jumabhoy tracks the relationship between the art world and the economic climate. She succinctly presents the diverse threads of contemporary India, while touching on such universal themes as gender politics, national stereotypes and the collision between the 'folk' tradition and the computer age." "Just as a new international art world has surfaced in the galleries of Mumbai and other Indian cities with spectacular results, clearly evident throughout The Empire Strikes Back, Jumabhoy argues that the same culture is vulnerable to the effect of the recession and that the end of an economic boom may indeed have healthy consequences for this vital generation of Indian artists."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2009 by Jonathan Cape Random House." |
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Catalog of the exhibition held at Saatchi Gallery, London, Jan. 28-May 8, 2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Art, Indic -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Indic -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Holborn, Mark, 1949-
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Jumabhoy, Zehra.
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Saatchi Gallery.
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| LC no. |
2009932077 |
| ISBN |
0847834689 (hardbound) |
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9780847834686 (hardbound) |
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