An Unreasoned Act of Being
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Word Count
29,750 words, Guess
Page Count
119 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveunreasonedactofb0000sinh
- ISBN-100853319774
- ISBN-139780853319771
- Goodreads5341958
- Library of Congress Control Number2007925894
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number183880369
- Better World Books9780853319771
- Open LibraryOL11607369M
Classifications
- LCCNB1010
- LCCNB1010.S43 A4 2007
Description
"An Unreasoned Act of Being looks at the career of the draughtsman and sculptor Himmat Shah. Born in Lothal in 1933 to a Jain mercantile family, Shah was a rebellious child who refused to attend traditional school. He found his vocation at art school and trained under a teacher of Gandhian persuasion. As a founder member of Group 1890, Shah championed contemporary Indian art as distinct from the influential Paris and New York schools. Nonetheless, he spent two years in Paris, imbibing Western modernism and being exposed to the work of Klee, Brancusi, Picasso and Giacometti." "Shah's style is instantly recognizable in the totemic and iconic heads that are rather phallic in shape. They are contemplative and embody masculinity rather than portraiture. By applying techniques used in printmaking, Shah marks the surfaces with grooves and etching, whether the sculpture be in terracotta or bronze. Gayatri Sinha has succeeded in bringing to life a significant sculptor of twentieth-century Indian art."--Jacket.
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