A Critical Overview of Artist Dhaneshwar Shah’s Art
Author : Dr. Anjali Duhan
Abstract :
This article explores the style and oeuvre of a young artist Dhaneshwar Shah. He was born in 1979, in New Delhi, India. College of Art, New Delhi is his alma mater from where he has completed his M.F.A. and B.F.A. A recipient of several awards like the award from UNESCO, ‘Art Award for Italy’ in 2008, ‘National award for Painting, India’ in 2006, ‘M. F. Husain Award’, in 2005, and ‘AIFACS’, in 2005. Dhaneshwar Shah is absorbed in his own world; quiet surely, a creative one. An endowed prodigy, who is brimming with new ideas and is not scared of crossing over the line (experimenting), Shah’s works mostly vertical has a graphic quality to them. With a mature rationale he has developed an appealing ocular language, which captures the viewer’s gaze.
Keywords :
Dhaneshwar Shah, Indian contemporary art, bastar art
