"Innovative and elegant . . . Sonal Khullar reconstitutes the history of modernism in India as nimble artistic negotiations between present and past, East and West, crafts and fine arts, and individual and nation. . . . The book pays particular attention to how artists struggled to form a new artistic language in the wake of colonialism. . . . Through Khullar’s ... Read moredeft history, affiliation becomes a means to call such art worlds forth not only for artists and scholars but also for citizens."
caa.reviews
"Given Khullar’s historical skill and insight, and her intense willingness to bring together divergent artists into unified frames of analyses, Worldly Affiliations will become a key point of reference for future scholars exploring the interface of art history, modernism, and colonial visual studies. Modernism—widely believed to be a defunct and failed project—is the ground from which to imagine futures. Khullar’s book urgently invites us to forge and take on novel and far-reaching affiliations. Let us pursue these through the eyes of the painter."
Art Bulletin
"An invaluable and deeply researched account of four major artists in India, in the context of their personal exploration of both theory and practice." 
Cassone
"A very far-reaching book about Indian art as it emerged from its late colonial through post-colonial periods."
CHOICE
"This volume is an important contribution to the study of Indian modernism and to the broader topic of modernism beyond the West. . . . The book is profusely illustrated, with numerous color plates – unusual, for a university press publication. This is crucial for artwork to which most readers will likely have little or no first-hand exposure."
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