From the 1990s, Indian artists turned to new media. Which of the following is NOT a feature of New Media Art from the 1990s?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Artists moved towards the use of figures and stories that are easy to recognise.
Option (1) Artists looked for ways of reacting to times of economic progress and social unrest. — A feature of New Media Art. After liberalisation in the 1990s, artists looked for ways of reacting to the changing times.
Option (2) Video, the newly available medium, caught the attention of artists. — A feature of New Media Art. Easel painting and sculpture lost importance, and video caught the artists’ attention.
Option (3) Artists moved towards the use of figures and stories that are easy to recognise. — Not a feature of New Media Art. This began since the 1970s, in the New Figurative Art, as a way to show concern about social problems.
Option (4) The subject matter of the early installation artists was grim and thought provoking. — A feature of New Media Art. The early installation artists, Nalini Malani and Vivan Sundaram, worked on grim and thought provoking subjects.
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 …In such extraordinary times of economic progress and social unrest, artists began to look for ways of reacting to the changing times. Medium like easel painting and sculpture that was created by artists, who would earlier proudly sign on them as an expression of their unique creativity, lost importance. Instead, the newly available medium, i.e., video caught their attention.…most of the early installation artists came from big cities — Nalini Malani from Mumbai and Vivan Sundaram from Delhi. However, their subject matter was grim and thought provoking.…” “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.…” |