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EMPIRE, COLONY AND NATION IN THE DELHI DURBAR PAINTINGS OF ABANINDRANATH TAGORE
© Debashish Banerji 2007
Abanindranath Tagore presented three paintings for the 1903 Delhi Durbar organized by Governor-General, Lord Curzon to commemorate the coronation of British Emperor Edward VII. By looking at these three paintings based on the Orientalist fantasy of the Taj Mahal and the Mughal Empire, this paper draws out a thinly disguised allegory on the relationship between imperialism and artistic subjectivity and points to the hybrid constitution of the nation and the work of art as a response to colonialism.
Debashish Banerji completed his undergraduate studies in English Literature from the University of Bombay. He served as a cultural correspondent with some of the leading English language newspapers in India. He completed a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Louisville, Kentucky and a Ph.D. in Indian Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1991 – 2005 Debashish served as president of the East-West Cultural Center in Los Angeles founded by Dr. Judith Tyberg. Debashish is part of the adjunct faculty of Pasedena City College teaching Art History. Presently, he is Educational Coordinator at the distance-learning graduate level University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles and is Director of the International Center for Integral Studies in New Delhi |
