03 / 05
Mahabharata series
1971
Epic mythology is treated as living material, not museum inheritance; ancient conflict speaks in modern form.
Artist field note
M.F. Husain
A modern India in fast-moving lines.
Appears inIndia
The five in one idea
Husain made modernism feel indigenous not by rejecting tradition, but by treating mythology, cinema, politics and street life as equally available material.