''K.G. Subramanyan, a Retrospective'' is a book by

R. Siva Kumar Raman Siva Kumar (born 3 December 1956), known as R. Siva Kumar, is an Indian contemporary art historian, art critic, and curator. His major research has been in the area of early Indian modernism with special focus on the Santiniketan Schoo ...

, released on the occasion of the fourth and largest retrospective show of K.G. Subramanyan, which was curated by

at the

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. The exhibition consisted of 300 paintings including terracotta reliefs, reverse paintings on glass and acrylic, linocuts, lithographs, etching, silkscreens, drawings, studies, children's books, toys and saras-paintings on terracotta platters-and the photographs of murals. and the range of materials includes terracotta, glass, paper, wood porcelain and metal cement. The book offers an insight into the creative processes of K.G. Subramanyan. While tracing the various aspects of his creativity, the book provides the influences that shaped him and gives a kaleidoscopic view of his six-decade long artistic journey from

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, Mahe,

Santiniketan Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son ...

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, and later in various cities of

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and America. This book features as a part of the syllabus of Modern South Asian art at various universities.

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