Laxma Goud is known for etchings such as Rural South Indian Man–Woman. Which other mediums has he worked in?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Glass painting, terracotta and bronze
Option (1) Water and oil colours on acrylic sheet — Incorrect. This is the medium of K. G. Subramanyan’s Fairy Tales from Purvapalli, not of Laxma Goud.
Option (2) Video, photography and installation — Incorrect. These are the new media of artists from the 1990s, such as Nalini Malani. They are not named for Laxma Goud.
Option (3) Oxidised copper, hemp-fibre and zinc plate — Incorrect. These belong to other artists: Janakiram’s Ganesha in oxidised copper, Mrinalini Mukherjee’s Vanshri in hemp-fibre and Anupam Sud’s Of Walls from a zinc plate.
Option (4) Glass painting, terracotta and bronze — Correct. Laxma Goud tries to erase the line between major and minor arts. This helped him work across glass painting, terracotta and bronze.
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NCERT (2026-27): “Rural South Indian Man–Woman This is an etching print on paper made by Laxma Goud (1940...) in 2017. Laxma Goud, a fine draftsman and printmaker, studied mural painting and printmaking at M. S. University, Baroda, and was influenced by his teacher K. G. Subramanyan’s experiments with the narrative mode and figuration of visual traditions, classical, folk and popular cultures. He tries to erase sharp demarcations between major and minor arts, thus, giving it linguistic breath. This has helped him straddle various mediums, such as glass painting, terracotta and bronze.” |