"Durga... has various versions ranging from an elegant household deity, almost close of kin, to a multi-armed war goddess who rides a lion or tiger and fights and slays the buffalo demon. The earlier beasts symbolise the positive powers that fire and support are initiatives, the later one a negative one or inertia. These images certainly have their origins in common facts observed in town or village. The vision of an able-bodied woman from a Jat...
"Durga... has various versions ranging from an elegant household deity, almost close of kin, to a multi-armed war goddess who rides a lion or tiger and fights and slays the buffalo demon. The earlier beasts symbolise the positive powers that fire and support are initiatives, the later one a negative one or inertia. These images certainly have their origins in common facts observed in town or village. The vision of an able-bodied woman from a Jat village control a run-away buffalo calf or a wiry Bengali villager do the same with more physical skill than strength give you two image sources for the Durga figure."
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CREATIVE CIRCUIT: THE ART OF K G SUBRAMANYAN
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Rs 8,00,000 - 10,00,000
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K G Subramanyan
a) UntitledSketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 194Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 195Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 198Sketches, Scribbles, Drawings , Kolkata: Seagull Books, 1999, p. 199
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EXHIBITEDSketches, Scribbles, Drawings , presented by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts at Bangalore: National Gallery of Modern Art, 29 November - 15 December 2014; Abu Dhabi: India House, 10 - 18 April 2015; Dubai: Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Cultural Foundation, 15 - 14 April 2015; Bhubaneswar: Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, 2 - 11 September 2015; Lucknow: Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, 23 September - 3 October 2015; Mumbai: Jehangir Art Gallery, 15 - 21 December 2015; Chennai: Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre, 6 - 16 January 2016; Santiniketan: Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, 5 - 14 February 2016; Kolkata: The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 18 February - 5 March 2016; Bhopal: Modern Art Gallery, Bharat Bhawan, 18 March - 17 April 2016; Patna: Bihar Lalit Kala Akademi, 24 June - 5 July 2016; New Delhi: Aakriti Art Gallery, 30 July - 29 August 2016; Guwahati: Srimanti Sankaradeva Kalakshetra Society, 1 - 20 November 2016; Ernakulam: Durbar Hall, 19 April - 19 May 2017; Panaji: Sanskruti Bhavan, 5 - 31 October 2017
Category: Painting