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With a focus on wheeled goods MGP was and still is instrumental in developing the “Pro Scooter” category which has since evolved into a multi-million-dollar industry. Husian passed away in London in 2011.Established in Melbourne, Australia 02 Madd Gear – MGP Action Sports was inspired by the vision of bringing Australia’s outdoor culture to the world. In 2004, he was awarded the Lalit Kala Ratna by the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi. In 1971, Husain was invited to exhibit as a special invitee with Pablo Picasso at the Sao Paulo Biennale, Brazil. The Government of India awarded him with a Padma Shri in 1966, a Padma Bhushan in 1973 and Padma Vibhushan in 1991, all high civilian honours. Husain was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, India’s Upper House of Parliament in 1986-92, during which he pictorially recorded its events, which were then published in 1994. Husain: Early Masterpieces 1950s-1970s at the David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence in 2010 ‘Epic India’ at the peabody Essex Museum, Salem, in 2006-07 and ‘Early Masterpieces 1950-70s, at Asia House Gallery, London, in 2006. Most recently, his work has been featured in solo shows including ‘M.F. Souza after his first public exhibition of paintings. A self-taught artist, Husain was invited to join the Progressive Artists Group in 1947 by F.N. Ultimately, however, the correct interpretation is of less importance than the characteristic ambiguity of the works.īorn in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, in 1915, Husain moved to Mumbai in 1937 where he sustained himself by painting cinema hoardings and designing furniture and toys. By placing them in an abstracted context, they become ambivalent, their purpose extending from straight-forward representation to a more metaphorical suggestion, and thus allowing for pluralistic readings. He stretched their personas and used the immense narrative of the story to convey deeper meaning more than the explicit imagery. These demotic stylistics, folk elements, and vibrant colors have come to characterize Husain's signature style.Īttempting to communicate the essence of these stories in simplistic compositions, Husain transformed his protagonists into archetypal figures and depicted them with featureless faces. In this reinterpretation, the artist used bright jewel-toned colors, even coarse lines, and postures from Indian classical sculptures in depicting the characters. The man sporting an Errol Flynn mustache is an ode to old Hollywood films that Husain was deeply fond of, and to young love. Like a still from a movie, a young lover can be seen driving in a Vespa.

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Premise on the series on lovers, the current work highlights both traditional and contemporary literature featuring well-known characters and beloved stories juxtaposed with modern elements that seem out of place yet pushed the narrative for the artist. He borrowed their classical themes and depicted them into his unique visual vocabulary, evolving his art and making it culturally comprehensive in the process. In them, he covered the profound and the mundane, but returned time and again to his cultural roots.Īs a conscious artist, Husain looked closely at Indian literature and represented them in his paintings, reconfiguring and recontextualizing them to suit the needs of his time. He incorporated local traditions and juxtaposed diverse folk elements, plying numerous sources to present a wide range of themes in his works. Husain's vision was deeply entrenched in Indian sensibility from the outset of his career. Husain's works.Ī copy of the page illustrating the painting and title from this book accompanies the lot.Īcquired directly from the artist by the present owner Titled in the artist's handwriting in a book cataloging the owner's collection of M.F.

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