Somanth Hore: Wounds
by Likla Lall, Kripa Bhatia
Description
Have you ever had a wound you couldn’t look away from? Did you become obsessed with its ever-changing colours? Did the constant itch take over your mind? Somnath Hore carried an itch like this. He saw the wounds of the world, and they moved him. This is the story of how these wounds became the heart of his art. Find out about the life of celebrated artist Somnath Hore in the Art Exploration Series.
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IPPY Outstanding book Arts Craftsmanship.
Author Biography
Likla Lall writes books for children about art with Art1st. She is the author of the IPPY award-winning 'Art is a Verb', and the evocative 'Somnath Hore: Wounds'. Likla also writes for Little Light, on a curriculum that encourages children to connect with themselves and nurture the joy within. Interested in experimenting with narrative formats, Likla is a creator at PanicNot!, a storytelling collective and community. She is also a frequent contributor to the WinC (Women in Comics) Magazine in New York. Beyond an ardent love for books, she finds joy in a lifelong practice of dance and movement. Kripa Bhatia-Kripa is a Children’s book illustrator based in Mumbai. She took up teaching Art and Design after completing Fine Art from Sir JJ school of Art. She has been an Art educator, and worked with institutions like Srishti school of Art design and technology. She is a visiting faculty at The Ecole Intuit Lab in Mumbai. In most of her books, city and art have been recurring themes as she is working on representing urban realism thus enabling children to view their cities with new perspectives. Kripa’s characters are real people derived from her association with the grassroots. Her art is rooted in her engagement with her city Mumbai, it’s children, people and their problems.
Art1st
Based in India, it was founded in 2009 with the goal of advocating visual art education as a core discipline in public and private schools, museum education, and community-based settings. They publish books to build cultural knowledge for children.
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- Publisher/Imprint Art1st / Art1st Enterprise Pvt Ltd
- Publication Date October 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788195298020
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 5.64 USD
- Pages72
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language Titlehin
- Original Language Authorshin
- EditionFirst Edition
- Copyright Year2021
- Dimensions23x23 cm
- Illustration4 colour illustrations
- SeriesArt Exploration
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