“Ravi Varma’s major contribution to Indian art is that he humanised the gods,” says Ganesh and also shows us how the gods were represented before Ravi Varma. “These adhered to the shastras ...
Husain, who died in 2011 aged 95, often faced backlash for the depictions of nude Hindu gods in his paintings. The Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), which hosted the exhibition, denied any wrongdoing and ...