The Art of Sukumar Bose: Reflections on South and Southeast Asia

The Art of Sukumar Bose (1912-1986) undertakes an incisive look at the artist, his works and context of his art production in South and Southeast Asia. The first of its kind to document and give a critical overview of Bose who was curator of paintings at Rhastrapati Bhavan (President's Home) in India through British Raj to post-independent India, the book engages through essays by various eminent scholars to place his work within art history. Bose's observations of life, people and cultures during colonial and postcolonial India and his later his sojourn into Southeast Asia emerge as both a contested yet seamless narrative of history and hope in art. This book won the ICAS Book Prize - Best Art Book Accolade, 2015. Conferred by the International Convention of Asian Scholars, University of Leiden, Netherlands.
Citation:
Purushothaman, Venka, Author & Editor. The Art of Sukumar Bose: Reflections on South and Southeast Asia. ISEAS Publishing, 2013