The Creative Circuit

Author: K G Subramanyan
Publisher: Seagull Books
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 102
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170460964

Description

This series of five lectures revolves around certain issues relating to modern art, particularly modern Indian art.

The attempt is to open up the issues and see them in a broader perspective, hopping that any discussion this may elicit will enlarge our understanding of the modern art situation. These lectures discuss certain common terms and concepts which have entered our art vocabulary, and which lend themselves to reinterpretation today. Some of the questions addressed are:

* What concept does a modern artist or critic have of current art activity
* How does a modern artist react to his environment and cultural inheritance?
* Under what perceptions or illusions or emotional urges does he work?
* And what general norms of achievement can he think of in the highly
heterogeneous art scene of today?

The Author draws upon his considerable experience as a practicing artist and theoretician to present a series of probing discussions with engage with contemporary art concerns from a modern Indian perspective.

Contents

Preface

Opening Remarks

Lecture I: Models of Modern Art

Lecture 2: Eclecticism I

Lecture 3: Eclecticism II

Lecture 4: What is Wrong with Nostalgia?

Lecture 5: Forms and Norms

Notes and References

Index