Who wrote about the ‘Place for People’ exhibition to explain what the artists wanted to express?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Geeta Kapur
Option (1) Bhupen Khakhar — Incorrect. He was one of the six artists in the show, from Baroda.
Option (2) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh — Incorrect. He too showed his work there, as the second Baroda artist.
Option (3) Vivan Sundaram — Incorrect. He was one of the exhibiting artists, not the writer.
Option (4) Geeta Kapur — Correct. This eminent art critic wrote about the show, so the critic’s role became important.
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NCERT (2026-27): “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s …Such a public view of art can also be seen in a popular exhibition called ‘Place for People’ in 1981. It was shown in Delhi and Bombay and had six artists— Bhupen Khakhar, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardan and Jogen Chowdhury. The first two were from Baroda and an eminent art critic, Geeta Kapur, wrote about it. So far, we came across manifestos written by artists themselves, but in this case, the role of the art critic to explain what the artists wanted to express became important.…” |