A group show of significant Indian modernist artists

RL Fine Arts in New York presents a group show of some of India’s most important senior Modernist artists. An accompanying note elaborates:

"Francis Newton Souza, Syed Haider Raza, Maqbool Fida Husain are some of the most famous names in Indian art. These are among the most espected artists of their generation belonged to the Progressive Artist group, which came into existence after independence, but which included The Modernist period of Indian art is most often taken to refer to the artists, who came of age during and after Independence and then throughout the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s."

"There is a magnificent Nude from 1962 by Souza, one of his most famous subjects and one that he never tired of painting.This nude is truly a masterful portrait, with the almost coy and vulnerable figure boldly returning the ogling male gaze of the artist and the male viewer.

"Husain is represented by two works, one of his important series of Mother Teresa, to which he devoted several paintings throughout his career, and the other, a work from the 1960’s, that shows this master artist skillfully combining both Western modernist art ideas and Indian traditional art into a new expression more in tune with a modern India.

"On the other hand, eminent Cubist artist Jehangir Sabavala - also a peer of the more turbulent Progressives - is represented by two of his lyrical and meditative works, ‘Lunar Alchemy’, a lovely moonlit seascape and ‘The Guiding Light II’, the ever-questing figures searching for a deeper truth from the universe. Arpita Singh is considered one of India’s most celebrated female Modernists.

"She is represented by a large luminous Painting that explores the role of women in Indian society. She uses her knowledge of textile design in composing her unique voice in Indian Modern art. All in all, this show revolving around Indian modernist artists presents an interesting mix of works."