Indian artists responded to society through painting and photography. Match the artists in List-I with their work in List-II.
| List-I (Artist) | List-II (Work) |
|---|---|
| A. Atul Dodiya | I. Painted social problems, West Bengal |
| B. T. V. Santosh | II. Photorealism on communal violence |
| C. Ravi Agarwal | III. Photographed society’s margins |
| D. Jogen Chowdhury | IV. Photorealism in Bapu |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
| List-I | List-II | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Atul Dodiya | (IV) Photorealism in Bapu | Artists developed photorealism from photography, and Atul Dodiya used it in Bapu at Rene Block Gallery, New York. |
| (B) T. V. Santosh | (II) Photorealism on communal violence | With Shibu Natesan, he used photorealism to comment on communal violence and to show the new look of cities. |
| (C) Ravi Agarwal | (III) Photographed society’s margins | With Sheba Chachi and Atul Bhalla, he photographed those who lived on the margins of society, such as women ascetics. |
| (D) Jogen Chowdhury | (I) Painted social problems, West Bengal | From the 1970s, he, Bikash Bhattacharjee and Ganesh Pyne in West Bengal painted the social problems that disturbed them. |
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “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. Many younger artists used oil or acrylic to paint in the manner of a photograph or television screen. T. V. Santosh and Shibu Natesan used photorealism to comment on communal violence on one hand and at the same time, gave us a glimpse of the new look that cities had acquired with India’s technological advancements. “The New Figurative Art and Modern Art from 1980s Since the 1970s, many artists began to move towards the use of figures and stories that are easy to recognise. Perhaps, this was a way to express their concern towards social problems, following the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971 and the birth of Bangladesh. While K. G. Subramanyan, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh and Bhupen Khakar in Baroda started using storytelling in their paintings, Jogen Chowdhury, Bikash Bhattacharjee and Ganesh Pyne in West Bengal, too, painted the social problems that disturbed them.…” |