The Primal Imperatives Catalogue

The Primal Imperatives CatalogueK. G. Subramanyan (19242016) was one of Indias most eminent artists who worked with diverse media and materials, and exhibited extensively both within and outside the country. He was known as much for his wide ranging scholarship as for his artworks which are full of wit, subversion, folklore and critical social commentary. Member of the arts faculty at M. S. University, Baroda, he was professor emeritus oat Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan.

This catalogue was produced for Amrita Shergill's exhibition Amrita Sher-Gil: Icon

this elliptical tale of coincidence and necessity unfolds through a series of masterly constructed vignettes

art historian

turning slightly more serious

producing works that range from the realist to the symbolic

there was much reminiscing about the era of typewriters that had come to an end

He created a community with them and engendered a sense of direction at a time when the public was not fully receptive to the bold artistic exploration of India’s Progressive Art Movement

playwright and essayist

20 colour illustrations

It provides a rich variety of mediums and styles

Kentridge and Morris trace the migration of images across his works and consider the possibilities for a revolutionary art that remains committed to its own transformation

This limited edition boxed set contains