Mani Shekhar Singh
Biographic Data
| ID | 1380448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mani Shekhar Singh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mani Shekhar |
| FAMILY NAME | Singh |
| SIGNATURE | SINGH M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Socio-economic Research on Development and Democracy, 8/2 Sri Ram Road, Delhi 110 054 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What should happen, but has not yet happened
South Asian folk and vernacular art practices have invariably been presented in scholarly writings as 'tradition-bound' with fixed conventions of image-making and iconography embedded in ritual and cultural life. This article proposes a shift by drawing attention to the lifeworlds and painterly practices of young women artists from the Mithila region of Bihar in India. Relatedly, then, I foreground a set of paintings, which are contemplations on …
A journey into pictorial space
This article explores the ways in which Maithil painting is constituted in a plurality of contexts. Even though the painting is ephemeral on ceremonial occasions, the women artists take great care in composing it. Its formal structure always emphasises the dominance of the centre occupied by the vermilion dot around which the core motif (such as the lotus plant) is organised. As an ambulant object made for nobody in particular and at home everywh…
A journey into pictorial space
This article explores the ways in which Maithil painting is constituted in a plurality of contexts. Even though the painting is ephemeral on ceremonial occasions, the women artists take great care in composing it. Its formal structure always emphasises the dominance of the centre occupied by the vermilion dot around which the core motif (such as the lotus plant) is organised. As an ambulant object made for nobody in particular and at home everywh…
A journey into pictorial space
This article explores the ways in which Maithil painting is constituted in a plurality of contexts. Even though the painting is ephemeral on ceremonial occasions, the women artists take great care in composing it. Its formal structure always emphasises the dominance of the centre occupied by the vermilion dot around which the core motif (such as the lotus plant) is organised. As an ambulant object made for nobody in particular and at home everywh…
What should happen, but has not yet happened
South Asian folk and vernacular art practices have invariably been presented in scholarly writings as 'tradition-bound' with fixed conventions of image-making and iconography embedded in ritual and cultural life. This article proposes a shift by drawing attention to the lifeworlds and painterly practices of young women artists from the Mithila region of Bihar in India. Relatedly, then, I foreground a set of paintings, which are contemplations on …
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Painting (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Adventure (1 work) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)