[Reader-list] Absence of Husain at Art Summit

[Murali V]

Fine. I hope you would recall the Danish cartoon  and its aftermath.
Then why doesnt M F Hussain represent similar artistic thoughts to his
faith.

Regards,
V Murali

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Inder Salim<indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
> well, we are told to believe ( in Hinduism as well ) that God is one,
> has no gender, colour  texuture or name, so no question depiting GOD
> with or without garments
>
> and if  God exists in multiples, in all the faces of all the human
> beings, animals, plants, mountains seas, air and sunlight, then the
> question of depicting this way or that does alter very little since
> the surface is vast and endless.
>
> Art is fun, and strangely liberates those who look into eye of it
> constatnly. that is another matter, which needs a cool and patient
> listening.......... But, right now
>
> let us re-read what  Justice  Sanjay Kishan. Kaul said is his land
> mark2007 judgement in support of freedom of expresion,  thus
> exonarating  Artist MF Hussain from the so called indecent deptiction
> of Hindu Goddess,  and simultaneously questioined the Right Wing Hindu
> intolarant and ingnorant face of our polity, who have nothing but an
> axe to grind.
>
> with love
> is
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Murali V<murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well who is the next hindu godess to be depicted nude by M F Hussain.
>>
>> Regards,
>> V Murali
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Inder Salim<indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> please click to see
>>>
>>> http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pllHvmNB5GI/Sn7kVWsGT2I/AAAAAAAAAPE/lF_BbjckUgg/s1600-h/sraswati+with+text1.jpg
>>>
>>> image in solidarity with MF Hussain
>>>
>>> with love
>>> inder salim
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:36 PM, ashok kumari<sahmat8 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> we are submitting a memo to the home minister on Husain not being included
>>>> in the Art Summit. Please send your endorsement as soon as possible.
>>>>
>>>> Minister of Home Affairs
>>>> Government of India
>>>> North Block
>>>> New Delhi
>>>>
>>>> Dear Shri Chidambaram,
>>>>
>>>> We - artists, gallerists and critics, are approaching you on behalf of the
>>>> artists community on the long standing issue of attempts by Hindu right-wing
>>>> groups to effectively impose a ban on exhibiting any work by our greatest
>>>> living artist, 94 year old MF Husain, through threats of assault and
>>>> violence. These groups, including the BJP, Bajrang Dal, Sri Ram Sena, the
>>>> VHP, and the Shiv Sena have led a concerted communal campaign against Husain
>>>> accusing him of blasphemy since 1996. This campaign has taken a violent form
>>>> on many occasions and has also led to cases being filed against the artist
>>>> in courts across India, and has led to Husain's self-imposed exile.
>>>>
>>>> In a landmark judgement dismissing three such cases in the Delhi High Court
>>>> in 2007, Justice Sanjay Kishen Kaul defended the right of freedom of
>>>> expression under the Constitution of India. The Union Ministry of Culture,
>>>> during the previous Art Summit held in 2008 had categorically stated “Shri
>>>> M. F. Husain is one of the most prominent artist of the country and the
>>>> absence of his works at the India Art Summit will not reflect the true art
>>>> scenario of India.”
>>>>
>>>> We are very disturbed by reports that the upcoming International India Art
>>>> Summit taking place at Pragati Maidan from August 19-24th has asked
>>>> participating galleries for the second year running to not display the work
>>>> of Husain citing fear of attacks. We enclose a report from the Telegraph
>>>> which quotes them as saying that the Home Ministry has offered no assurance
>>>> of security.
>>>>
>>>> We find it shocking that the work of the most famous artist cannot be shown
>>>> in the country of his birth, even though he is not a criminal, nor is his
>>>> work proscribed or banned. The Art Summit is being attended by luminaries
>>>> from around the world, and it is a sad state of affairs that we, who
>>>> justifiably pride ourselves as a great democracy, cannot resist threats from
>>>> these groups who we see as no less than other terrorists who threaten our
>>>> daily lives.
>>>>
>>>> We request a meeting with you to apprise you of the art community's anguish
>>>> and concern.
>>>>
>>>> Yours Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Vivan Sundaram, Ram Rahman, Parthiv Shah, Shireen Gandhi, Dadiba Pundole,
>>>> Geetha Mehra, Gayatri Sinha, Arun Vadhera, Renu Modi, Ashish Anand, Devika
>>>> Daulet Singh, Geeta Kapur, Peter Nagy
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
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>>>
>>>
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