![]() ![]() Moreover, given the diversity of cultural and linguistic strands that exist in this vast subcontinent, the debates on art are also difficult to map or enumerate in the form of a bibliography of key readings, for a number of animated discussions on art and aesthetics have been carried out in the regional language press, rather than in the preferred language of communication in the urban centers of India: English. Yet poor archiving of periodicals and newspapers has meant that a lot of early contemporary art criticism is now lost. Largely the preserve of artists commenting on their contemporaries, or else elaborations on art by literary figures, criticism as a publically shared opinion is closely tied to the emergence of print journalism and its explosion in the late-nineteenth century. ![]() The following Shortlist by artist and academic Shukla Sawant focuses on contemporary art in India.Ĭritical commentary on art as a self-reflexive discipline within the modernist context has a relatively long history in India. Shortlists offer thematic selections from AAA’s Collection, including overviews and annotations by invited contributors. ![]()
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