Rapid Fire
Lithographs of Karl Erich Muller
- 07 May 2024
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The Conservation and Archives Division of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) hosted an exhibition titled 'People and Places of India – A Retrospect' to celebrate International Labour Day(2nd May).
- The exhibition featured lithographs by German artist Karl Erich Muller from the IGNCA Archives.
- Muller’s lithograph depicts various aspects of everyday life in the 1970s, including labourers, transport workers, factory workers, and fisherwomen.
- Muller's works are housed in IGNCA, NGMA (National Gallery of Modern Art), and Bharat Kala Bhawan.
- He emphasised their ability to convey deep messages about life's simplicity and beauty without the need for abundant resources.
- The IGNCA was established in 1987 as an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Culture.
- It was established as a centre for research, academic pursuit and dissemination in the field of the arts.
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