thanks shobha for the clarification! well, being an artist myself i was naturally curious about your take on "modern" indian art - also given the fact that you have formally studied art.
apropos Jackson Pollock - that drip guy who was nicknamed "action jackson" for his all over drip paintings - this is an interesting link that talks about the fractal nature of Pollock's seemingly random drips of paint on canvas. and the interesting benefit of such a fractal analysis is that it apparently provides a reliable way to detect a fake Pollock painting. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/phys_about/PHYSICS!/FRACTAL_EXPRESSIONISM/fractal_taylor.html <<separate true Pollocks from the drip paintings created by imitators and forgers. Early last year, for instance, an art collector in Texas asked Taylor to look at an unsigned, undated canvas suspected to be by Pollock. When Taylor analyzed the painting, he found that it had no fractal dimension and thus must have been by another artist>> On Nov 26, 2007 8:57 PM, Shoba Narayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow! You seem to know a lot about art. I am only now learning about > contemporary Indian art, and yes, the Baroda school. > > The point of that sentence was how I appeared pseudo to talk about > art given that I was a psychology major in WCC, Chennai, and knew > nothing about *any* art prior to my art-education in the US. > > > > On Nov 26, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Abhishek Hazra wrote: > > > Hi Shobha, > > welcome. > > interesting article. > > sorry to bring in a minor point in this thread on home and homecoming, > > but i am a bit intrigued by what you say below: > > > > <<I had studied modern art in America and gained an understanding and > > appreciation for it. Still, it seemed "pseudo" when I dropped > > names like Jackson Pollack and Christo, because Indian modern art is a > > mere 20 years old and I had little interest in art before I came to > > America>> > > > > what would you call "Indian modern art"? 20 years would mean something > > that began in the 80s...so in your framework you have the Baroda > > school of narrative painters as your starting point? > > > > abhishek > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 11:12 AM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Shoba, welcome! I enjoyed your article and if you have the > >> links to > >> more, please send them on! > >> > >> Deepa. > >> > >> On Nov 26, 2007 11:09 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan > >> > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Welcome aboard Shoba > >>> > >>> > >>> Yeah. Welcome Shoba. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> For an India the "yatra" to the temple of the West is essential > >>>> for self > >>>> realization and the existence of an entity called "self" that is > >>>> separate > >>>> from mummy, daddy, aunt, uncle. grandfather and grandmother. > >>> > >>> > >>> Brilliant! :) > >>> > >>> C > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages > >>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages > >>> http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ > >>> > >>> +91-9884467463 > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > does the frog know it has a latin name? > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
