In the Origin of the Work of Art, German philosopher Martin Heidegger wrote: “Meditation on what is art is entirely and decisively determined by the sole question of being. Art is not taken as a special domain of cultural production, nor as one of the manifestations of the mind. Art comes out of the lightning flash from which alone the ‘sense of being’ is determined”.

This “sense of being”, defining a “sense of spirituality”, is that for which Indian art strives. And whether filigreed in its presence or bold, it runs along as a fine thread, holding together and expressing things that cannot be otherwise expressed. The intangible is often given a tangible form in Indian art.

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