Lightning' was created in 1975, during a very controversial period in India?s history, to be the backdrop of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi?s Emergency speech. Given the short time frame that M.F. Husain had to complete the work, it was titled 'Lightning', because it came about in a flash.
The masterpiece was made up of twelve massive panels with ten wild, white horses charging through an open space. 00The significance of the painting is heightened not only by its sheer size or the brilliant rendering of its subject by the artist but also the time it was executed and the ideologies it stands for. The painting included depictions of family planning, farmers and their families, and a builder with an axe in hand.
The work portrayed the political climate of the time in India post-separation. 00This book was conceived in honour of Husain, and various anecdotal stories and interviews on the painting form a part of this book. The select
| ISBN: | 9789385360688 |
| Publication date: | 15th September 2020 |
| Author: | Susan S Bean |
| Illustrator: | Maqbul Fida Husain |
| Publisher: | TamarindArt and Kent Srikanth Charugundla in cooperation with Asia Society Museum, New York and Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd, Ahme |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Genres: |
The Arts: treatments and subjects Individual artists, art monographs Asian history |
Lightning' was created in 1975, during a very controversial period in India?s history, to be the backdrop of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi?s Emergency speech. Given the short time frame that M.F.
Lightning features in the following genres: The Arts: treatments and subjects, Individual artists, art monographs, Asian history
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Lightning was written by Susan S Bean and published by TamarindArt and Kent Srikanth Charugundla in cooperation with Asia Society Museum, New York and Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd, Ahme