Who among the following artists was NOT part of the ‘Place for People’ exhibition in 1981?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → M. F. Husain
Option (1) Bhupen Khakhar — A participant in ‘Place for People’. He was one of the two artists in the show who came from Baroda.
Option (2) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh — A participant in ‘Place for People’. He was the other Baroda artist among the six.
Option (3) M. F. Husain — Not a participant in ‘Place for People’. He painted Farmer’s Family and Mother Teresa, but he is not among the six artists of this show.
Option (4) Vivan Sundaram — A participant in ‘Place for People’. He is named among the six artists of the exhibition.
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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.…” |