Back to the roots
Publication details: Mumbai Art India Publshing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 2019Edition: Vol.23(2), AugustDescription: 94-96pSubject(s): Online resources: In: Art IndiaSummary: Haku Shah (1934-2019) was an artist, designer, teacher, scholar, curator, cultural anthropologist and writer rolled into one. His knowledge of the folk and tribal arts of India was exceptional, and he was even more exceptional as a person gentle and soft-spoken, he almost erased himself and allowed the objects of his study and their makers to speak through him. Born and brought up in a Gandhian milieu in south Gujarat and trained in art at Baroda, Shah combined his aesthetic education and Gandhian outlook to develop a lifelong interest in tribal and folk arts.....| Item type | Current library | Status | Barcode | |
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Haku Shah (1934-2019) was an artist, designer, teacher, scholar, curator, cultural anthropologist and writer rolled into one. His knowledge of the folk and tribal arts of India was exceptional, and he was even more exceptional as a person gentle and soft-spoken, he almost erased himself and allowed the objects of his study and their makers to speak through him.
Born and brought up in a Gandhian milieu in south Gujarat and trained in art at Baroda, Shah combined his aesthetic education and Gandhian outlook to develop a lifelong interest in tribal and folk arts.....
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