Observe the image and answer the following question.
Who made the sculpture in the image?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Mrinalini Mukherjee
The sculpture is Vanshri, or ‘Goddess of the Woods’, made by Mrinalini Mukherjee in 1994 out of hemp fibre. Ramkinkar Baij made Santhal Family, Amarnath Sahgal made Cries Un-heard and P. V. Janakiram made Ganesha.
NCERT (2026-27): “Vanshri This artwork was created by Mrinalini Mukherjee in 1994. She uses an unusual material to make this sculpture. She uses hemp-fibre, a medium that she experimented with from the early 1970s. … In this work, entitled Vanshri or ‘Goddess of the Woods’, she turns this ordinary material into a monumental form.”
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