Publication Type
Book Chapter
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
1-2014
Abstract
Jamini Roy is considered the father of Indian modern art as he attempted to use his paintings to find cultural independence from Western notions of art grafted by the British on its colonies. This quest was taking place alongside the India's fight for political independence. On his death in 1972, the Indian government declared his art national heritage and banned all further exports. The chapter describes how one of the largest collections of Jamini Roy paintings in the world came to be curated in an apartment on Baker Street in London.The author interweaves the story of Jamini with his own search for identity as an immigrant in the USA.
Discipline
Arts Management | Asian Studies | Business
Research Areas
Marketing
Publication
Re-imagine: India-UK cultural relations in the 21st century
Editor
Shrabani Basu
First Page
118
Last Page
134
ISBN
9789382951346
Publisher
Bloomsbury
City or Country
New Delhi
Citation
KUMAR, Nirmalya.
How Jamini Roy found a home in Baker Street. (2014). Re-imagine: India-UK cultural relations in the 21st century. 118-134.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5261
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Additional URL
https://worldcat.org/isbn/9789382951346