Priya Maholay-Jaradi writes 'This anthology frames the story of Baroda's visual culture from the early 18th century to present times along the themes of provenance and cosmopolitanism. Baroda's sphere of art production from the princely through to the contemporary firmly establishes it as a recognisable provenance. Simultaneously, a wide inclusion of local, regional, and foreign ideas lends the provenance a cosmopolitan character: early artists, craftsmen, and photographers engage with the Sayajirao Gaekwad III; the royal patron, in turn, represents them at international exhibitions; itinerant builders and European architects contribute to a fast-modernising state; artists and teachers set new directions for a faculty of Fine Arts in post-Independence Baroda; patrons, gallerists, scholars, and artists shape contemporary Baroda's artistic culture. The writers approach Baroda from different vantage points: as first-person accounts, as art critics, anthropologists and historians. Together they contribute new approaches to art history and provide a non-Western case study of provenance and cosmopolitanism.'

 

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REF.MAP
Publication/Creation date

2015

No of pages

156

ISBN / ISSN

9789383243082

No of copies

1

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Introduction - Priya MOHALAY-JARADI

Baroda as Provenance - Ajay J. SINHA

'Baroda' at Colonial Exhibitions (1878-1904) - Priya MOHALAY-JARADI

Cosmopolitanism Articulated: The Evolution of Architecture from Wada to Palace - Christopher W. LONDON

Adventures in Art Education: NS. Bendre at the FFA - Ratan PARIMOO

Inverted Hierarchies: The Work of Jyoti Bhatt - Karin ZITZEWITZ

Archival Imaginaries: Art Practice and Pedagogy in the Early Years of the FFA - Sabih AHMED, Rashmimala DEVI, Chithra K.S.

City as Metaphor: An Archaeology of Contemporary Artistic Production and Display - Santhosh S.

Art in Baroda: Provincial Location, Cosmopolitan Aspiration - Chaitanya SAMBRANI

After 2007: Towards the Art of Quietness - Deeptha ACHAR

In Place of A Conclusion: Cosmopolitan and Secular vs Parochial and Communal - Shivaji K. PANIKKAR

Baroda: A Cosmopolitan Provenance in Transition
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Baroda: A Cosmopolitan Provenance in Transition, 2015