Tuesday, February 3, 2009

grand old man of Indian painting


M.F. Husain [born 1915]. Image source here.

"He was unable to return to India for many years because he painted a series of Hindu goddesses in the nude, which was considered obscene. I would like to see a picture of Hindu art from any age with a substantial wardrobe. They're always in the nude or very near it. The problem was that he was a Muslim painter painting a Hindu goddess."
- Salman Rushdie [born 1947] making a point on obscenity