P. V. Janakiram made the sculpture Ganesh. Given below are two statements about him:
Statement I: He was a sculptor from North India.
Statement II: He worked with metal sheets in a creative way.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Only Statement II is correct.
Statement I: He was a sculptor from North India. — Incorrect. He was a sculptor from South India.
Statement II: He worked with metal sheets in a creative way. — Correct. He worked with metal sheets in a creative way.
NCERT (2026-27): “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …In 1943, under the leadership of Prodosh Das Gupta, a sculptor, few young artists formed the Calcutta Group, which included Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Gopal Ghose and Rathin Moitra.…They started to simplify their visual expression by excluding details. With such an attempt, they could emphasise on elements, material, surface, forms, colours, shades and textures, etc. A comparison may be drawn against a sculptor from South India, P. V. Janakiram (Ganesh) who worked with metal sheets in a creative way.” |