Which style of modern Indian art may also be seen as “Indianised abstraction”?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Neo-Tantric art
Option (1) Neo-Tantric art — Correct. It used the geometrical designs of yantras to create a unique Indian abstract art.
Option (2) Eclecticism — Incorrect. In eclecticism an artist borrowed ideas from many sources, as Ram Kumar and Satish Gujral did.
Option (3) Expressionism — Incorrect. Expressionism is one of the western modern trends; Husain used its brush strokes with bright Indian colours.
Option (4) Bengal School art — Incorrect. The Bengal School under Abanindranath Tagore marked nationalism in art in the late nineteenth century, not abstraction.
NCERT (2026-27): “Abstraction – A New Trend …Many Indian artists and critics grew worried about their imitation of modern art from the West and felt the need to establish an Indian identity in their art. In the 1960s, Biren De and G. R. Santosh in Delhi and K. C. S. Paniker in Madras moved in this direction when they turned to the past and local artistic traditions to create a unique Indian abstract art. This style became successful in the West and later in India and came to be known as Neo-Tantric art because of its use of geometrical designs seen in traditional diagrams for meditation or yantras. … This style may also be seen as Indianised abstraction.” |