The sculptor P. V. Janakiram made Ganesha from metal sheets. Which region of India did he come from?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Southern India
P. V. Janakiram was a sculptor from South India. His Ganesh is cited as an example of working with metal sheets in a creative way.
NCERT (2026-27): “Modern Ideologies and Political Art in India …In 1943, under the leadership of Prodosh Das Gupta, a sculptor, few young artists formed the Calcutta Group, which included Nirode Mazumdar, Paritosh Sen, Gopal Ghose and Rathin Moitra. The group believed in an art that was universal in character and free from older values. …They started to simplify their visual expression by excluding details. With such an attempt, they could emphasise on elements, material, surface, forms, colours, shades and textures, etc. A comparison may be drawn against a sculptor from South India, P. V. Janakiram (Ganesh) who worked with metal sheets in a creative way.” |