Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

What is the message behind the sculpture "Crise-un-Heard" of contemporary modern Indian art?

A. The artist pays homage to millions of destitute families in need of help.

B. Whose cries fall on deaf ears.

C. Understanding and Traditional Imagery.

D. Influence of Ancient Temple Sculpture.

E. Wrestling with Human.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A) and (B) only

(C) and (D) only

(D) and (E) only

(E) and (C) only

Correct Answer:

(A) and (B) only

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 1: (A) and (B) only

A. The artist pays homage to millions of destitute families in need of help.

B. Whose cries fall on deaf ears.

Cries Unheard- This is a sculpture in bronze made by Amarnath Sahgal in 1958. Although the artist only uses abstraction, in which three figures are stick-like and shown in flat rhythmical planes, yet it is easy to understand them as a family — husband, wife and child. They are shown flinging their arms above and crying out for help in vain. Through the medium of sculpture, their helplessness expressed by the hand gesture is turned into a permanent shape. It is possible for us to read this work as socialist, whereby, the artist pays homage to millions of destitute families in need of help, whose cries fall on deaf ears. None other than socialist poet, Mulk Raj Anand, wrote movingly about this work, which now is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.