The exhibition “Deconstructed Realms: India’s Tryst with Cubism” is being held from February 8 to April 5 at the DAG art gallery in Delhi.
About Cubism Art
- Cubism was one of the most influential visual art styles of the early twentieth century. It was created by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) and Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963) in Paris between 1907 and 1914.
- The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles coined the term Cubism.
- The Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept that art should copy nature, or that artists should adopt the traditional techniques of perspective, modeling, and foreshortening.
- They wanted instead to emphasize the two-dimensionality of the canvas. They reduced and fractured objects into geometric forms, and then realigned these within a shallow, relieflike space.
Cubism Art in India
- Some of its early proponents in India included Gaganendranath Tagore (1867-1938), Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980) and NS Bendre (1910-1992), followed by the likes of FN Souza (1924-2002), MF Husain (1915-2011), Paritosh Sen (1918-2008), who took inspiration from the avant-garde movement for several of their artworks.
(Sources: IE)
