Sailoz mukherjee biography of martin

Subramanyan’s artistic oeuvre reflects the modernism in post-independence India, that was devised to accommodate the varied Indian artistic aesthetics and history as a continuation of cultural pursuits.

His engagement with the traditional forms and materials, rooted in the country’s psyche, steered a liberated generation of artists, in reconfiguring a more cohesive identity of Indian modernism.

Through his work, the modern Indian art scene witnessed the exploration of mediums in painting, printmaking sculpture,  design techniques; terracotta, glass, and painted murals; mixed media masks, toys, and so on, which underlines his integrity and respect towards Indigenous spontaneity in art-making.

“An enlightened eclecticism, believes, is the appropriate mode for creativity in a plural world, and only an advantageous eclecticism can keep the plural.