Observe the image and answer the following question.
Which artist made the oxidised copper sculpture in the image?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → P. V. Janakiram
Option (1) P. V. Janakiram — Correct. The sculpture is Ganesha, made in oxidised copper by Janakiram in 1970. He beat copper sheets into concave planes and welded linear details on them.
Option (2) Amarnath Sahgal — Incorrect. Amarnath Sahgal made Cries Un-heard, a bronze of three stick-like figures.
Option (3) D. P. Roy Chowdhury — Incorrect. D. P. Roy Chowdhury made Triumph of Labour, a large bronze of four men moving a rock.
Option (4) Ramkinker Baij — Incorrect. Ramkinker Baij made Santhal Family. This copper Ganesha is not his work.
NCERT (2026-27): “Ganesha This is a sculpture in oxidised copper made by P. V. Janakiram in 1970, and is in the collection of NGMA, Delhi. He has used sheets of copper to create pictorial sculpture as free-standing forms, and ornamented their surface with linear elements. Metal sheets are beaten into concave planes on which are welded linear details. … Janakiram is influenced by the ancient temple sculpture of South India. The image of Ganesha, crafted frontally, lends an important indigenous character of cave and temple sculpture.”
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