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September 5, 2025Scholarly review .

Reclaiming the Gods: Postcolonial Identity and Iconographic Resistance in Indian Contemporary Art

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AMAjay Mehra

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This article examines how Indian artists reclaim iconography and negotiate national memory, highlighting visual resistance.

Key Points

  • Postcolonial artists reclaim sacred iconography to contest colonial visual regimes and renegotiate national memory.
  • The study identifies strategies of visual resistance that link decolonisation, gender, and modernism in South Asia.
  • Framed by Homi Bhabha’s concept of the “third space,” art becomes a hybrid arena challenging stereotypes and orthodoxy.
  • The findings may inspire further exploration of how contemporary art mediates cultural identity and subaltern voices.

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Ajay Mehra (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb4e016d6d5674bcd02ab5https://doi.org/10.70121/001c.143870
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