Prabhakar Barwe is that rare artist whose work defies description and cannot be easily slotted under a convenient label
So, what of the Nandalal collection? In 1982, under a committee chaired by his former student, Indira Gandhi, Supratik was able to find a home for 6,800 of them at NGMA
A total of 13 intangible cultural heritage elements from India have been inscribed till date on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Indian exhibit is set within this historicised parameter
Old-time collectors recall how he would keep scribbles of his renderings at hand, so they could "order" customised works with the figures they wanted placed in a way they could choose
As Christie's celebrates the last 100 years of Indian art with an auction in New York, 10 selected works will be exhibited in India