Indian art from the 1960s to the 1980s took new directions. Read the following statements:
(A) The Baroda narrative painters accepted popular art forms seen on trucks on highways and on autorickshaws.
(B) In Of Walls, Anupam Sud gives the woman a brooding and sad expression by hollowing out the face.
(C) Group 1890 wrote about the importance of smooth, polished surfaces in their works as a new artistic language.
(D) The art critic Geeta Kapur wrote about the 1981 exhibition ‘Place for People’.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) The Baroda narrative painters accepted popular art forms seen on trucks on highways and on autorickshaws. — Correct. Popular art forms seen everywhere, from trucks to autorickshaws, were accepted by the Baroda narrative painters.
(B) In Of Walls, Anupam Sud gives the woman a brooding and sad expression by hollowing out the face. — Correct. The absence of face gives the seated woman her brooding and sad look.
(C) Group 1890 wrote about the importance of smooth, polished surfaces in their works as a new artistic language. — Incorrect. Group 1890 wrote about the importance of rough texture and surface, not smooth, polished surfaces.
(D) The art critic Geeta Kapur wrote about the 1981 exhibition ‘Place for People’. — Correct. Geeta Kapur wrote about this show of six artists, so the art critic explained what the artists wanted to express.
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NCERT (2026-27): “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s …Such a public view of art can also be seen in a popular exhibition called ‘Place for People’ in 1981. It was shown in Delhi and Bombay and had six artists— Bhupen Khakhar, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardan and Jogen Chowdhury. The first two were from Baroda and an eminent art critic, Geeta Kapur, wrote about it. … An important contribution of the Baroda narrative painters was their eclectic interest and … acceptance of popular art forms that are visible everywhere … from trucks on highways to autorickshaws, in the back alleys … of small towns and in small shops.” “Of Walls This is an etching made from zinc plate and printed on paper made by Anupam Sud in 1982. … Notice how she creates an interesting form of a woman by hollowing out the face. The absence of face gives it a brooding and sad expression.” “Abstraction – A New Trend …In 1963, another group was formed under the leadership of J. Swaminathan, named Group 1890. … Rather than a set programme, they adopted a fresh look at the material used in painting, and wrote about the importance of rough texture and surface in their works as a new artistic language.” |