Tag: Indian Blue

BR Ambedkar’s famous power suit, peacock’s feathers, Lord Shiva’s throat or the less prominent fourth hue of the Indian flag, an ongoing exhibition at the DAG here examines the history of the colour blue in the country prompted by its seemingly universal value. The exhibition, titled “Indian Blue”, showcases a range of artistic practices from the realistic to the abstract, from landscapes and portraits to history paintings and figurative narrations, across an equally astonishing range of mediums — oils, watercolours, acrylics, print, sculpture — and periods. “Even though all art deals with colour, we have never before examined a colour ... Read more