<p>Krishen Khanna's work is placed in its biographical, historical and social context through examination of several of his paintings. This book is the first to combine an Indian artist's monograph with the discussion of the socio-political context which motivated a generation of Indian artists.</p>

Krishen Khanna: Images in My Time (Contemporary Indian Artists)

Arts & Photography

Sinha, Gayatri

Hoskote, MR Ranjit

Rushton, Ms Marilyn

Berry, Tanuj

Khanna, Mr Krishen

Lynton, MR Norbert

History & Criticism

Lund Humphries

Stass Paraskos is an artist who has been a major influence on generations of art students. From the 1960s to the 1980s he taught at some of the most innovative art schools in Britain, including Leeds College of Art, De Montfort University and the University for Creative Arts. In the 1990s he developed the Cyprus College of Art into a creative meeting point for artists and art students from around the world, turning it into what the art historian Ben Read has called Europe's answer to Black Mountain College in the United States.  Yet Paraskos was not born into the art world. His family were poor peasant farmers in Cyprus. When he came to England in the 1950s it was to work as a cook in one of the new Greek restaurants becoming popular at the time. In this book Norbert Lynton tells the story of Paraskos's development as an artist and appraises his work. As well as becoming a significant teacher in Britain, Paraskos remains the only Cypriot artist to have work in London's Tate Gallery, and his lyrical style of painting has been exhibited around the world.  Lynton also tells the story of the notorious Paraskos Trial which turned Paraskos into an international celebrity. In 1966, Paraskos was prosecuted for obscenity by the British police for an exhibition of his work held in Leeds. Along with Lynton, other luminaries from the art world spoke in favour of Paraskos, including Herbert Read and Quentin Bell. Even the Government Minister Roy Jenkins, then Home Secretary, spoke out against the prosecution. But despite this the case was lost and Paraskos became famous as the last artist in Britain to be successfully prosecuted for obscenity under the Vagrancy Act of 1832.

Stass Paraskos

Orage Press

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