• Book: Desh
    Title of Article/Essay: Ki Ankchi, Keno Ankchi -I
    Translated Title of Article/Essay: (What I am Painting, Why I am Painting)
    Author: Jogen Chowdhury
    Editor: Sagarmoy Ghosh
    Date, Year: 15 Jan 1994
    Reference Type: Periodical Article
    Language: Bengali
    Issue: 6
    Pages: 66-79
    Publisher: Bijit Kumar Basu for ABP Pvt Ltd
    Place Published: Kolkata
    Country Published: India
    Descriptive Tags: History of Western Art, Traditional Indian Art, Tradition, Artistic Responsibility, Social Consciousness, Creativity, Significant Art, Historical Consciousness, Spontaneity, Extraordinary, Honesty, Conscious Observation, Figurative Art, Abstraction, 20th Century, Realism
    Artist/s Mentioned: Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Wassily Kandinsky, Georges Rouault, Claes Oldenburg
    Remarks: The artist writes about his understanding of art, about significant form, significant art. Explains how modern Western art or Indian traditional art has affected contemporary Indian art and the artists. Talks about the responsibilities (both social and creative) of an artist and its relation in the making of modernist art. Discusses the significance of art historical knowledge for a modernist artist who is progressive and conscious of the changing surrounding culture.
    Where we found it: Personal Archive: Jogen Chowdhury, Kolkata
;
;