Volume One ISBN 9788187507802 Volume Two ISBN 9788187507819 ISBN 9788187507829 (Set) Volume One CONTENTS: Foreword, Secretary's Message, Introduction Enlighten Alternative Imagination, Parallel Practices: Freedom in Art (History) HISTORY OF KALA BHAVANA, SANTINIKETAN: Kala Bhavana and Twentieth Century Art Education in India, Kala Bhavana-Its inception, Exhibitions of Indian Art in London and New Delhi, Drawings and Paininting of Rabindranath Tagore, Instituting a Nationalist Art, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan-Birth of a new narrative: A nuanced conflict between nationalist and internationalist approach to art, The Drawings of Rabindranath TagooooooTagore's Chitralipi, Letters from the 'Mud Palace': Rabindranath Tagore, D.W. Winnicott and Santiniketan as Potential Space', Situating Space: Architectural Atmosphere and Lifeworlds in Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan-Bauhaus: Comparative Notes on Paradigms and Practices, 100 Years of two pioneering institutions of global importance in Art & Design Bauhaus and Kala Bhaana, Form elements in the visual work of Rabindranath Tagore, Andree Karpeles and Santiniketan, Stella Kramrisch in Bengal and Beyond, The outsider with the Light Within: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, Coomaraswamy in the Context of Art History, More than a room-E B Havell and Santiniketan, From Bengal School to Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan-A Renewal of Intra-Asian Artistic Exchange, Faces and Masks of Rabindranath's Paintings, RAMKINKAR BAIJ: Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture & Sketches (Exhibition Catalogue), On Ramkinkar, Ramkinkar, Kala Bhavana, Kinkarda and Vivan Sundaram's Archive Fever, Binodini and other portraits of Ramkinkar, WOMEN ARTISTS OF SANTINIKETAN: Girls' Hostel-Sri Bhavana (Translated from the Manipuri by L Somi Roy), Crimson Rain Clouds-Asangba Nongjabi (Excerpt) (Translated from the Manipuri by L Somi Roy), Moving beyond the Cultural Impediments: A Tribute to Late Chitranibha Chowdhury (Translated by Sohini Dhar & excerpt from Chitranibha's book Rabindra Smriti), From the Andarmahal to the Institutionalized Art Education: An overview of the women artists, art and ideologies in Kala-Bhavana in its initial years, Schlomith Flaum and Rabindranath Tagoe, Note about Ila Ghosh's works. BENODEBEHARI MUKHERJEE; Ruminating on 'Life of Medieval Saints' by Benodebehari Mukherjee, Benode-Da, Introduction (Benode da), The Santiniketan School of Art, Why Benodebehari was against "ideology"?, Benodebehari's Landscape, The Great Procession, Some notes on Benodebehari Mukherjee, NANDALAL BOSE; Nandalal Bose: Artist and Teacher, Nandalal Bose: Six Haripura panels, Reinventing 'Nandala l: The Master Artist, SUREN KAR; Suren Kar, DEVI PRASAD, Devi Prasad-His Santiniketan days, Kala Bhavana's legacy at Sevagram, RAMENDRANATH CHAKRABORTY: Ramendranath Chakraborty: A Pioneer in Modern Indian Printmaking, K G SUBRAMANYAN; Interview with K G Subramanyan, KRISHNA REDDY; Krishna Reddy's works, SANKHO CHAUDHURI; Sankho Chaudhuri-Selected Sculptures, Artist's Statement, A RAMACHANDRAN; Notes from the Undeground, BALBIR SINGH KATT; Sun Split Across The Thick Wood, 396pp. Volume Two CONTENTS: OTHER ESSAYS; Abstract in Art-Kanchan Chakrabarti, The Political in Art,-Pranab Ranjan Ray, Recounting the life and Art of Dharmanarayan Dasgupta-Sandip Sarkar, The world of the absurd and the meta-real-Chhatrapati Dutta, Mimesis as Nemesis: Thinking through a century-old debate on Indian Aesthetics-Parvez Kabir, S Kanniyappan and his sculpture of Urban-Coherence-Janak Jhankar Narzary, Negotiating Tradition, Navigating the Present-Sanjoy Kumar Mallik, Kala Bhavana: Then & Now-Unknown, Reflecting on Kala Bhavana's Legacy of Global Art Education-David A Gall, DEPARTMENT OF PRINTMAKING; History and Pedagogy of Printmaking at Kala Bhavana (1901-2000)-Nirmalendu Das, A Passion for Craft: Woodcuts and Linocuts in early decades of Santiniketan-Arkaprava Bose, Contemplating the Print in Studio: Printmaking practice of current faculty-Graphic Department-Aditi Ganeev Sangwan, DEPARTMENT OF PAINTING; Kala Bhavana-Early days-Dilip Mitra, Understanding the role of an 'Artist-Teacher' in institutional pedagogy through the lens of the department of painting, Kala Bhavana-Prasanta Sahu, Formal and informal collec tives in Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, Visva-Bharati-The experiments and exploration with truth and reality-Sanchayan Ghosh, Kala Bhavana Campus: A Space for new intervention by the students-Soumik Nandy Majumdar, DEPARTMENT OF SCULPTURE; Evolution of the Department of Sculpture, Kala Bhavana till the 90's-Rishi Barua, Black House-Kalo Bari (Edited by Sanjoy Kumar Mallik)-Book Review-Soujit Das, Vessels of Fire: The Department of Sculpture, Kala Bhavana-Its History, Creativity and Pedagogy (Edited by Arun Pal)-Book Review-Rahul Majumder, DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN; Alpana in Santiniketan-Patterns of Design Movement-Swati Ghosh, Effective use of Line in Art Designing-Prasun Kanti Bhattacharya, Batik Design: Culture and Nature in Santiniketan-Manmeet Kaur Chhatwal, Origin and Evolution of the Design Department of Kala Bhavana-Prabir Kumar Biswas, Reflecting Upon Textile Art Practice and Persistence over last two decades in Kala Bhavana-Banatanwi Dasmahapatra, REGIONAL EXPERIENCE & EXPRESSIONS: Printmakers of North-east who studied at Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan-Raj Kumar Mazinder, Home as a Constructed Abode: Santiniketan and Trinity of Modern Art of Assam-Moushumi Kandali, Struggle for Advancement in 'Modern Art' and 'Art Education' in Odisha: Impactful Contributions done by the Santiniketan School of Art (during 1930-1980)-Alekha Charan Sahoo, The Call of 'Lal Paharir Desh' From Kerala to Santiniketan and back-Bipin Balachandran, Exchanges between artists and ideologues from Karnataka and Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan-H A Anil Kumar & Suresh Jayaram, ARTIST' PROFILE; Chitralipi 2, My Pictures-Rabindranath Tagore, Rani Dey (Chanda), A brief note on Chinmay Ray and Bipulkanti Saha-Rahul Majumder, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Ira Roy, An Inrospection into my sculpture-Janak Jhankar Narzary, Sculptures of Tarak Garai-Indranil Garai, My Journey as a Printmaker-K S Vishwambhara, Soil, air, memory and an arist's hands Jayashree Chakravarty's engagement with the earth-Soumik Nandy Majumdar, Lines & Tones: A Pursuit in Joy-Lina Ghosh, My Sculptures-K S Radhakrishnan, A Journey of pain and perfidy-Soma Chakraborty, Influence of Kala Bhavana on my life-Hanuman Rajiv Kambli, Artist's Statement-V Nagdas, Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, Ananda Moy Banerji, Sushanta Guha, Search within and beyond-Kavita Nayyar, Artist's Statement-Mala Chaman, My work-Mimi Radhakrishnan, Creative alphabets touching Kala Bhavana-Ratnabali Kant, Sukla Sen Podder, Artist's Statement-Indrani Nayar Gall, Textile as a way of life-Shraboni Roy, Awani Kant Deo, KALA BHAVANA CENTENARY EXHIBITION; Kala Bhavana, the Centenary Inaugural Exhibition-R Siva Kumar, 394pp.