A number of government institutions and museums dedicated to rural arts and crafts emerged in India soon after independence. Artists studied the contexts, techniques, and forms of traditional art practices. This engagement brought forth new questions about tradition in the twentieth century, the relationship between modern and traditional art, creating a sustainable environment for traditional arts, and the preservation of these disappearing forms. Artists in Baroda responded with institutional initiatives, research projects, artist exchanges, workshops with artisans from rural contexts, and the annual Fine Art Fairs.
Upper Portion of the Relief Mural at Department of Painting
K.G. SUBRAMANYAN
1964-1965
Aditi Seminar: Traditional Art and Contemporary Challenge — Programme Schedule
1982
Indian Art II/III: Inventing/Inverting Traditions
Anshuman DASGUPTA
2006
The Making of a New 'Indian' Art: Artists, Aesthetics and Nationalism in Bengal, c. 1850-1920
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1992
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