States of Legibility: Mohammad Kibria’s Calligraphic Modernism, 1950-1970

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" States of Legibility: Mohammad Kibria’s Calligraphic Modernism, 1950-1970 "
Phoutrides, Maria Khullar, Sonal

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1052136
Doc. No	:	TL51253
Main Entry	:	Phoutrides, Maria
Title & Author	:	States of Legibility: Mohammad Kibria’s Calligraphic Modernism, 1950-1970\ Phoutrides, MariaKhullar, Sonal
College	:	University of Washington
Date	:	2019
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2019
Note	:	41 p.
Abstract	:	This paper focuses on the works of Bangladeshi artist Mohammad Kibria, particularly those created between the 1950s and 1970s, the decades around the time in which the artist studied in Japan at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music. In doing so, this paper examines how the network of artistic exchange between Bengal and Japan has persisted and transformed through periods of decolonization and independence. The paper situates Kibria’s practice within the historical context of Pan-Asianism and engages more recent scholarship on calligraphic and global modernism. The paper proposes a reading of the artist’s work that considers the shifting relationship between the artist and the nation-state in postcolonial Bengal, as well as the hazy distinction between word and image in calligraphic modernism.
Descriptor	:	Art history
	:	Asian studies
	:	Postcolonialism
Added Entry	:	Khullar, Sonal
Added Entry	:	University of Washington