Towards an alternative visual language

An interview with Professor Gulammohammed Sheikh.

Gulammohammed Sheikh at work.

 

”Returning Home after a Long Absence” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, 122 x 122 cm, 1969-73, oil on canvas, Ram Sharma collection, New Delhi.

”About Waiting and Wandering” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, 137.6 x 114.7 cm, 1981, oil on canvas, Nilima Sheikh collection.

”Effects of Good Government” by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338 C.E., Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy.

”City for Sale” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, 223 x 305.2 cm, 1981-84, Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

The journal “Kshitij”, cover by K.G. Subramanyan, 1963, linocut.

The first issue of “Vrishchik”, November 10, 1969.

”Kaavad, Home” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, approximately 24 x 8 feet installation, 2008, painted wood, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.

”Kaavad, Home” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, approximately 24 x 8 feet installation, 2008, painted wood, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.

”Kaavad, Travelling Shrine, Musings & Miscellanies” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, 2007, gouache on wood, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.

“Tree of Life” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, final version, 1996-97, oil on canvas, Vidhan Bhavan, Bhopal.

”Ark”, digital collage from “Kaavad, Home” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, 106.8 x 110 cm, 2008, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.

Another view of the “Tree of Life” mural installed at Vidhan Bhavan, Bhopal.

”Speaking Tree-1” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, 1996, oil on canvas. Mulvinder Singh’s collection, New Delhi.

”Freedom at Midnight” by Gulammohammed Sheikh, 1996, oil on canvas and wood, Jindal Foundation, Mumbai.

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Gulammohammed Sheikh at work.
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