User:Adellert/Modern Indian painting

General Information

With the strength of Asian art growing, Indian culture started to take its own from. Economics growing in India called for a new development of art shows. The India Art Summit was created for contemporary art, but is not limited to just that genre. With this establishment, came collaborations. Contemporary art leads to a lot of collaborations and this became more frequent for Chinese and Indian artist.

After the freedom of India, the art became more political than before. There was a change in the styles of art too. The art became less detailed and elaborate. The new theme was being minimal. There are some rising artist that are starting to combine both tradition and modern art to create a bridge between the styles.

Late 21st Century Painters (2015-2019)

2016

K. G. Subramanyan was known for his mixing of traditions. Specifically speaking, he brought together traditional contemporary Indian art with pop culture and traditional Indian folk art with modern, urban trends. By attending Santiniketan art school the founder of the school, Rabindranath Tagore wanted impose onto his pupils the idea of asserting Indian traditions with handicrafts. Subramanyan was able to take those teachings from Tagore and bring them to the future generation of artists whilst he himself was a teacher at Maharaja Sayajiaro University in Baroda.

2017-2019

Pradip Sengupta was named an emerging artist in 2017. He received his degree from Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan. His paintings combine a large variety of colors, mixed with different techniques. All of his paintings capture the change that he has gone through during his life; they represent the feelings that he has inside, yet his artwork seems to envision some sort of fantasy, even including some western figures like Superman.

Sarang Singla was also recognized as an upcoming artist in 2017. Her style is a mix between contemporary art and traditional, Indian culture. She mixes textures and techniques to depict her inspirations that she gathers from what is happening in the world around her.

Also among those listed as as an emerging artist in 2017, Siddharth S. Shingade expresses his feeling though an interesting integration of detailed faces. He elongates the creatures in some and tries to tell stories about historical events. Where he calls home is in Marathwada, India. He often uses color palettes that represents this. There is a wide variety of yellow's that imitate the warm climate of Marathwada. The mood of his artwork tends to be more somber, really capturing the oppression that the people in his homeland faced.

An upcoming artistic 2018, Bakula Nayak, uses mixed media painting to really express happiness. She tends to create work that is very light hearted and comical. Mostly influenced my Western art and imagination; she creates animal characters to participate in human activities. This creates a story-like environment.

Dinkar Jadhav, also an upcoming artist in 2018, has a passion for love, passion, and freedom. He depicts this through his frequent paintings of bulls and horses. Creativity is key and he shows this incorporating different geometric shapes, color blocking, and sharp angles into his paintings. He is using modern art to depict some traditional values.

In 2018, Roy K. John's art became some of the most popular of that year. He uses very traditional techniques, blended with contemporary styles to creates his interpretation of Hindu deities and traditional Indian iconography. He uses vibrant colors to show his love for nature and stays true to his roots by recreating some of the most traditional Indian art.

The year of 2019, Buddhadev Mukherjee from Kolata, India, started to be recognized for his unusual interest in separating human form from all other things. He is known to incorporate the main human figure into something with animal qualities. He mixes two unlike things to create one fluid paining.