<p>National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru has extended the dates of its exhibition ‘Regional Modernity — The Madras Art Movement 1960s-1980s; Painting and Sculpture’ till May 9. <br /> <br />The exhibition has been curated by Ashrafi S Bhagat.<br /><br />The exhibition will have representation of artists who shaped and contoured the modernity in the south popularly known as ‘The Madras Art Movement’. It was a modern regional phenomenon, which through the lens of tradition began forming its special characteristic from mid-1950s. <br /><br />Its initiation was the concerted efforts of pioneers in painting and sculpture.<br /><br /> This art movement had a character and identity which was different and distinct.</p>
<p>National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru has extended the dates of its exhibition ‘Regional Modernity — The Madras Art Movement 1960s-1980s; Painting and Sculpture’ till May 9. <br /> <br />The exhibition has been curated by Ashrafi S Bhagat.<br /><br />The exhibition will have representation of artists who shaped and contoured the modernity in the south popularly known as ‘The Madras Art Movement’. It was a modern regional phenomenon, which through the lens of tradition began forming its special characteristic from mid-1950s. <br /><br />Its initiation was the concerted efforts of pioneers in painting and sculpture.<br /><br /> This art movement had a character and identity which was different and distinct.</p>
