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While traveling through Barcelona (/topic/barcelona) last year, I paid a visit to The Museu Picasso, which is Pablo Picassos biggest
museum in the world. Located in a beautiful, serene lane, it is housed in five adjoining medieval palaces, following the architecture of
the quintessential Gothic civil Catalan. It accommodates more than 3500 works of the iconic artist.
Generally, Picasso (/topic/picasso) is associated and credited with Paris, and rightly so. He lived there for the longest time and even
died in coty. However, the fact that the majority of his first 20 years were spent in Barcelona is somewhere overshadowed. Once he
moved out of Barcelona, he never came back, largely because of the General Franco regime. Picasso had categorically told his lifelong
friend and secretary Jaume Sabartes, who was also the driving force behind this museum in Barcelona, that he will not step foot in
Spain as long as Franco remained the ruler.
However, while exploring the deluge of awe-inspiring work in The Museu Picasso and the way it was looked after, the one sentiment I
could sense in the air was pride. Barcelona was so proud of the fact that Picasso spent his formative years in their city. The subtext of
the whole atmosphere in the museum wasPicasso may have become a star and received glory in Paris, but the seeds were sown
here. It seemed like an attempt to reclaim some of the credit for Picassos genius.
I came out of the museum fascinated, overwhelmed, and a bit ashamed as well. While it was inspiring to see the way Barcelona had
preserved their culture and their artist, it was depressing to recollect that India had thrown out MF Husain, who was a special
(/topic/special) invitee along with Picasso at the Sao Paulo Biennial in Brazil in 1971. Let alone being proud of the fact that a globally
acclaimed and revered artist was born and brought up in India, we forced him to live in exile in the last years of his life; we humiliated
him. Why? Because he treated Hindu gods and deities as visual stimuli, depicting them unclothed.
Following the publishing of those paintings in a magazine in 1996, several cases were filed against him. His house was attacked, art
work vandalised. He even received death threats. Almost all right wingers endorsed it. And eventually, the iconic artist had to leave the
country. The way these events unfolded was disgraceful and deplorable. Is Hinduism so fragile that a few paintings can hamper its
credibility? And more importantly, why is the Hindu religion called tolerant then?
Husains importance to Indian art goes back to the 1940s. He was one of the vital members of the Progressive Artists Group, the most
influential group of modern artists in India, formed in 1947. The objective of the Progressive Artists' Group was to shun the revivalist
nationalism, developed by Bengal school of art and to encourage and augment an Indian avant-garde. They wanted to paint with
absolute freedom for content and technique. Husain, along with FN Souza, SH Raza, SK Bakre and a few more, changed the shape of
Indian contemporary art. During those days, Husain had written in Frontline, the Royal Academy, which was British-oriented, and
the revivalist school in Mumbai, which was not a progressive movement, were the two prevalent schools of thought. These two we
decided to fight, and we demolished them. The movement to get rid of these influences and to evolve a language that is rooted in our
own culture was a great movement. It was important because any great change in a nation's civilisation begins in the field of culture.
Culture is always ahead of other political and social movements. He had further mentioned, Our concern was to evolve not only art
as a profession to make a living, but to do serious research to evolve a language for Indian contemporary art. It had to be rooted in
our culture and all the points of reference had to be ours, but it had to use modern techniques as well.
The paradox, though, is that the man who played a pivotal role in incorporating Indian culture in Indian contemporary art and shared
such an intimate relationship with it, was chastised on cultural basis.
However, Husain is not the only stalwart to have been mistreated by Indians and revered by the world.
The Checkpoint Charlie Museum in Berlin has a peace section, which is followed by some moving and disturbing stories during the fall
of Berlin wall. The section had photographs of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and so on. But there was a statue as well. The only
statue. It was of Mahatma Gandhi. And the caretaker of that section was evidently pleased to see us as we hailed from Bapus land.
However, in India, we still have a good chunk despising Gandhi. Jawaharlal Nehru is another example of it. Revered outside, loathed in
his own land.
When one travels across Europe, the infrastructure, standard of living, roads, discipline and many more things are alluring and
enviable. But that can be explained by citing that India is a developing and a diverse nation, which European countries are not.
However, you do not have to be developed to realise the value of your artists and cherish them. You have to be cultured.
Husain is now gone but perhaps there is something we could still learn from Europe in the exuberant way it preserves its artists and
culture.
In Amsterdam, too, there is a huge museum of Vincent Van Gogh, who we know as one of the greatest artists but he was also the one
who shot himself in the chest and committed suicide at the age of 35 because the misery and agony that his life was, became
unbearable to him. His brothers wife dug out his paintings after his death and the rest is history. Had those museums not been set
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up, the world would have remained oblivious of this gem.
Even India has an abundance of art and culture. But how many museums of Husain, Raja Ravi Verma, Narayan Bendre, SH Raza do we
have? Moreover, VS Gaitonde, one of Indias foremost abstract painters, did rounds in India only after his painting was sold for 23.7
crore rupees at Christies debut auction in India.
It is a tragic irony that Picasso, who stayed away from Barcelona, is celebrated there, and Husain, who wished to live in his country, was
humiliated here. On the occasion of his death anniversary, the injustice served to the great man still rankles. He deserved a lot better.
The least, he deserved to die in his homeland.
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vox 6 months ago
Picasso had to leave Spain due to Franco the fascist. Hussain had to leave India because of the fascist wind that was blowing, with mounting
instances of mob violence. Spain recovered from fascism after Franco. India is entering a grey area : we have a PM with a fascist's record of
violence, but one who is elected democratically. The question mark is whether India will recover when Modi is gone. Alas, I fear that it may not, as it
is a fissile country (as noted by The Economist). Hindu temples depict nudity, so strictly it should not have been offensive. If Hussain had been a
Hindu artist who depicted these, maybe no one would have noticed, but being a Muslim in the changed climate of aggressive Hinduism, it was a
mistake to enter into this area and draw inspiration from Hindu motifs, as there were trouble makers looking for violence. India was not liberal
enough, nor was the population educated enough like in Europe. And unlike Europe, fascism would not be spurned in India as Indians had not had its
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experience. It is a country where mobs can descend into savagery at the drop of a hat over an imagined religious insult.
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USC_Trojan 6 months ago> vox
Nonsense...MF Hussain spend 95% of his productive life in India...he left India primarily because the Wahabbi Ruler of Qatar gave him
millions of Petro-Dollars and gave him citizenship of Arab country...so for money Hussain ji ditched his Indian nationality and left for Qatar
where he drew picctures for the Amir of Qatar..he was not even happy there so he used to spend more time in London holidaying at 5-start
hotels mostly...
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kailash 6 months ago> USC_Trojan
No, he left because of threats from Shiv Sainiks. He did not need any riches. Your response is typical of fascists - commit atrocities
and lie. Long after the present fascists are gone and forgotten, Indian and foreign people will remember and collect his art. Artists are
not forgotten, thugs are.
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USC_Trojan 6 months ago> kailash
You moron, he lived for 90 full years in Mumbai and not a single time was he even touched by Shiv Sena ! You means to say
at age 90, he suddenly worried about Shiv Sena? Most of his painting were focussed on naked women or Goddesses in
India...but once he went to Qatar, he completely stopped doing that that and focused on drawing normal, clothed humans as
he know what can happen to him under Sharia Law...
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kur 6 months ago> USC_Trojan
We all know if he was touched even remotely by SS how would he meet his death right ? Ofcourse his work was deliberate
and non forgivable at any cost.Those (@vox ) people putting an argument on that South Indian temple (Isolated case) inspires
a devote to leave his "Kama" outside of the temple. There was no such monument inside temple wall but outside the temple
wall.
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Michel Pells 6 months ago> kur
Vox is a "middle man' who collects art and sells at a profit. These are parasites. Ignore the ba***d.
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Surajit Ghose 5 months ago> kur
The right or wrong perception have nothing to do with the exposure of Nudity, irrespective of display found in stone or flesh, in
front or within a Temple or any public place, including all media. After all one can only go inside from the outside. All beings,
irrespective of tribe, cast, race, religion, country etc are born with each of all the sensory mechanisms like Kama, Ghrana,
Sparsha, Krodha, etc within it. The generation of these signals are fully automatic and unstoppable. However, the ethical &
intensity levels of public display of the reactions would vary inversely
with the degree of controls developed by each being up to the time. This is true for all types of beings from saintly to beastly.
Do Muslims show anger or hatred only to the Hindus (or vice-versa) and not to any of their own tribe or relation, friends etc.
Just see some of the expressions used in the comments on the subject to each other. If we start from the introspectively
correct premise, we may come closer to each other more in future
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Michel Pells 6 months ago> USC_Trojan
Hussain was a pig,
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Michel Pells 6 months ago> kailash
Gandu-lash should be your name. We will definitely collect all his arts to destroy them.
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Dharmendra Bihari 6 months ago> USC_Trojan
The Emir was so gracious to him - least he could have done was to paint a series of nude portraits of royal family.
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Michel Pells 6 months ago> Dharmendra Bihari
Hahahahahahahah.
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Painting Hindu gods in obscene poses & naked when they have been described in Hindu scriptures with the colourful jewellery & clothes
surely needs condemning. What makes you think that painting Hindu Gods naked & playing around with Hindu sentiments is fine but you
dare paint a picture of Mohamad & All the Sec ular Muslims will want to hang you or behead you. If u feel India has a 'fascist' PM then kindly
go to Porkistan to see what true Fascism is where Hindus have been reduced through rapes & forcible conversions.
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sbrentbill 6 months ago> Shiva
All religious zealots are wrong. You should be able to paint anything you want. Religious sentiments deserve to be played with as it is
a superstition anyway.
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Shiva 6 months ago> sbrentbill
good, I'll start painting a nude Ayesha sitting on the lap of Mohamad with an erection :D
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Shiva 6 months ago> sbrentbill
And not to forget nude jesus with nude mary
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Rajendra 6 months ago> sbrentbill
He
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Rajendra 6 months ago> sbrentbill
He should have started painting characters from his own religion before going for other religions and The country's Bharat
Mata.
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vox 6 months ago> Shiva
What do we see in Khajurao and Konarak ? What is a siva lingam that Hindu women clutch and pour milk on and worship ? Why this
prudishness ? Hussain drew it within a cultural framework where these things are normal. You just want to show all of a sudden
some mistaken Hindu pride, when all this normal in Hindu culture.
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Khajuraho has ur mothers & sisters - enjoy it
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vox 6 months ago> Shiva
Khajurao shows Hindus, so why don't you freak out about that ?
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Shiva lingum is not a woman crutch u moron, ignorant runt it symbolises aspects of Purusha Prakriti which you wouldn't
understand as it beyond your mental grasp
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vox 6 months ago> Shiva
I wrote clutch, not crutch - don't act like a BJP Hindu and start violence without even reading. And if Hussain had painted the
Shiva lingam, you would still have rioted.
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Oh BTW Karachi airport got blown up again today by peace loving Muslims calling themselves Taliban.... how are you making
your way there ..by boat or walking it? :D
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Gwen Stacy 6 months ago> vox
Khajurao doesn't have a religious figure who is reverred as historical figure . They're imaginary even to Hindus . MF Hussain
insulted India by painting BharatMata nude .
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insulted India by painting BharatMata nude .
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vox 6 months ago> Gwen Stacy
Bharat Mata is also imaginary, so what is the big deal ? Become modern.
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
So leave for Porkistan coz you have no respect for Hindu traditions as you're not a Hindu even
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Your allah is a pimp who is imaginery for Mohamad who duped you all
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Observer 6 months ago> vox
Can you tell us why Hussain did not depict any prophets or their family member in nude? he could have taken inspiration from Hindu painting
and use that to paint Islamic icons. But he did not. He was not a free spirit painter.
In contrast salman Rashdie did not hesitate in writing negatively about his own religious icons. So Hussain had no value to secular minded
people only Islamists and Taquiyas value him.
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vox 6 months ago> Observer
Because in Islamic culture that would be offensive. In Hindu culture that should not be offensive as you have Kahjurao and Konark
add lingam worship, so what is the big deal.
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Gwen 6 months ago> Observer
You'd have read Rushdie before posting your incorrect opinion as fact. Rushdie's work wasn't criticism but mockery . Go ahead ,
read his work
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IAF101 6 months ago> vox
Spare us your pseudo-victimization and solipsism.
If MF Hussein did what he did against Hindus against Islam, his head would be on a stick next to India gate. He is LUCKY to have been born
in India where his pedestrian and some what clumsy style allowed him such fame because everybody else in India who could do something
better than "painting" did that.
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Michel Pells 6 months ago> vox
You are a hoax, hence named vox.
Alas, I fear that it may not, as it is a fissile country (as noted by The Economist). Hindu temples depict nudity, so strictly it should not have
been offensive - Does that mean you will paint my mothers and sisters as naked. Thank his star that we did not kill that ba****d. I won't
hesitate to call you one for trying to abuse our mothers and sisters. In western countries, women are treated as sex-slaves. We have
imported that culture to this great nation. We may be small, brownish, emancipated, impoverished but we had a quality which no other nation
had. that is empathy towards fellow humans. This virtue was slowly washed off from our daily life by hundreds of years of Moghuls(read
Ghoulish rulers). Hussain was a ba***dised remnant of one of those b*astards. I was thrilled and had a blast on the day he died. Happy to
remember that he died alone and his son deserted him,too(i heard).
We don't hate people from other religions. Vast majority of us are happy to live with Muslims. Had it been the opposite, this country would
have broken up long time back. There are fanatics everywhere, so was Hussain. The difference is, he was alone. Otherwise he was a devil
,too.
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vox 6 months ago> Michel Pells
Your mothers and sisters did not offer to pose, and Hussain did not ask. Hindu goddesses and lingams abound in Khajurao and
Konark, then why should he not paint these things ? His only mistake was that he did not realize that Hindus had become intolerant.
You claim that we had a quality which no other nation had. that is empathy towards fellow humans. But we had untouchablity and sati,
so how realistic is your claim ? You yourself are displaying intolerance and fanaticism.
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
LOL we had sati..hahahhahahahaha nonsense. Muslims have Mufatkhatat & thighing their Lund with babies
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vox 6 months ago> Shiva
Had Hussain painted a sati scene, VHP would have given him Bharat Ratna. During the Vajpayee rule, two satis occurred.
VHP luaded it as a revival of a great Hindu tradition.
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
There is no Sati practise at all but Johar was there where Hindu women would jump into fires when Islamic Jihadis came
invading India & performed sexual acts with Hindu women corpses - a practise which is allowed in Islam. Their dead bodies
were also raped
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Kurt 6 months ago> vox
Even the great Roman Civilization had slavery . Time changes and people too . What is your position ? There was
untochability & Sati . So , would you like to kill all the Hindus . Would you like to sail 'em to Mars ? Those anomalies had been
corrected by British . Tolerance of intolerance is crime . If I'd paint your mother nude then your lecture would sublimate in no
time & you will be no different than the mobs
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Oh right - so if Hindus object to Hussain painting their divine Goddesses like Sita & Saraswati & not to forget Bharat Mata completely naked &
vulgar, then we are being intolerant & fanatic - but if a Muslim objects to a Mo cartoon then its against their belief...like get lost will you?
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vox 6 months ago> Shiva
Naked is not vulgar in Hindu culture - see Khajurao. Man and women, man and man, and man and horse are all shown. Nothing is
vulgar in Hinduism, you do not know what is Hinduism.
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Gwen 6 months ago> vox
You're engaging in false analogy.Culture and morality is relative and dynamic . Nudity might NOT have been offensive in past
but they're offensive to people in curent social paradigm . Nonetheless , MF Hussian intercepted the law of land.
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vox 6 months ago> Gwen
Why has nudity become suddenly offensive to Hindus ? It is all political posturing. Hindus want to recreate ancient Hindu India,
and if nudity was prevalent them, it should not be offensive now, you should defend it as a Hindu tradition.
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Of course we want our Bharat back which was Vishva Guru - if you dont like it you are free to go to Porkistan
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Good then it won't be offensive for Muslims if we draw Mohamad naked in a sexual pose with his mother then
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Why dont you leave India and go to Porkistan instead..paint a nude Mohamad sitting on his naked mother's lap the way Hussain painted
naked Mata Sita sitting on tail of naked Hanuman ji - see how the Porki jihadis rip your sorry backside in bright daylight
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vox 6 months ago> Shiva
Hanuman is always naked. He is a monkey, he does not dress up, so don't make fake issues. I just cannot understand your
objections, you are just being vituperative for no reason.
Sam 6 months ago> vox
Hanuman is always depicted clothed, as any Hindu (or Indian) would know. Troll!
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vox 6 months ago> Sam
What does he wear ? Dhoti and kurta ?
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Well he's better than you - at least he doesn't wear a Hoax 's face like you do troll
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
Yeh right - you were around when Hanuman ji was there..that s why you are a HOAX & It is Hanuman JI to you get it?
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Shiva 6 months ago> vox
The reason why HOAX Vox types are allowed to bark in India is because of the Desh Drohi author of this useless article - they are the Kuttey
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