Indian artists turned to new media after the 1990s liberalisation. Match the media and techniques in List-I with their descriptions in List-II.
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Installation | I. More dependent on technology |
| B. Photography | II. Lost importance in the 1990s |
| C. Photorealism | III. Multiple copies for many people |
| D. Easel painting and sculpture | IV. Used in Atul Dodiya’s Bapu |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Installation | (I) More dependent on technology | Installation combined painting, sculpture, photography, video and television in one space. It was more dependent on technology, so its early artists came from big cities. |
| (B) Photography | (III) Multiple copies for many people | Photography appealed to artists because it allowed multiple copies to reach many people at once. |
| (C) Photorealism | (IV) Used in Atul Dodiya’s Bapu | Photorealism was a new technique that came from photography. Atul Dodiya used it in Bapu. |
| (D) Easel painting and sculpture | (II) Lost importance in the 1990s | Artists once proudly signed these works. In the 1990s they lost importance, as video caught their attention. |
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NCERT (2026-27): “New Media Art: from 1990s …Medium like easel painting and sculpture that was created by artists, who would earlier proudly sign on them as an expression of their unique creativity, lost importance. Instead, the newly available medium, i.e., video caught their attention. Even photography seemed attractive as it allowed multiple copies to reach numerous people simultaneously. However, the art form that was increasingly seen as contemporary was installation. It provided a way to combine painting, sculpture, photography, video and even television in one space. …However, it was more dependent on technology and it is, therefore, not surprising that most of the early installation artists came from big cities — Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi.…” “New Media Art: from 1990s …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.…” |