Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Fine Arts

Chapter

The Modern Indian Art

Question:

What technique did artists develop in response to photography's influence in the 1990s?

1. Abstract expressionism
2. Photorealism
3. Minimalism
4. Surrealism

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

2

Explanation:

Answer: Photorealism
The new technique of 'photorealism' was developed by the artists in response to photography's influence.

Photography, long regarded as the rival of painting because of its easy copy of world, gave new ideas to the artists. They developed a new technique called ‘photorealism’, which was used by Atul Dodiya in Bapu at Rene Block Gallery, New York. Many younger artists used oil or acrylic to paint in the manner of a photograph or television screen. T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan used photorealism to comment on communal violence on one hand and at the same time, gave us a glimpse of the new look that cities had acquired with India’s technological advancements.