Though the necessity for art is accepted today by everyone, most works of art come within the means of only the affluent. And the non-affluent, however more keenly responsive they may be to works of art, have to depend on public collections. For all their advantages public collections have one major shortcoming; they do not provide for an intimate speaking relationship between the art-work and the art-lover. So, to reach works of art to people of f!'Odest means is a cause worth giving thought to. The modern print making movement is a step in this direction, A modern print-maker tries to preserve in his print such breathing individualities comparable to those of an original painting, while the possibility of having an edition of the print keeps ih price low. Besides, a modern print has a certain intimacy that a more formal painting often lacks. In a country like ours where a large number of people that respond to works of art are of modest means, this movement should have gathered speed and momentum, but it has not so far. It is partly due to the superstitiOUS resistance to 'the print' on the part of our galleries and buyers who often confuse it with a commercial reproduction. The present portfolio of prints which is the result of a Graphic Workshop, organized by the Amrita Sher-Gil Exhibition Committee and hosted by the Graphic Arts Depart­ ment of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the M. S. University of Baroda in the autumn of 1973, means to dispel the confusion and show the print as an exclusive individual work, in which the artist's autographic touch will be abundantly evident. It also attempts to bring the print to the art-loving public at a very reasonable price, hoping thereby to rouse in them a larger interest in our contemporary art. K. G. Subramanran

Chanda joglekar Prayag Jha K. G. Subramanyan D. Devraj Silk screen (3 colour) Madhavi Parekh Offset Jaidev Thakore Etching 'Fish/Ape' Silk screen Silk screen Offset/Silk screen (3 colour)

(5 colour)

Purushottam Dhumal Jyoti Bhatt 'Man' Silk screen (5 colour) Nagji Patel Laxma Goud Etching 'The Flight' Etching 'MY Uncle' Silk screen

Manu Parekh Silk screen (3 colour) Magan Soma Parmar Lithograph Gulam Mohammed Sheikh Bhupen Khakhar Silk screen (3 colour) 'Riot• Etching •

D. L. N. Reddy 'Lonely Butterfly' Etching

Etching Nilima Sheikh 'Otters' Etching Rajesh Mehra 'Man In the sun' Silk screen (4 colour)

Somnath Hore Engraving (metal) Anjana Mehra Etching Vivan Sundaram 'Simmer Men" Lithograph (3 colour) Jai Jharotia Etching

The prlnb are made in different sizes on 20"X15" size handmade or offset paper. They are available

both as single prints and in the form of a cloth-bound portfolio. Please Contact : Vivan Sundaram, Sh iv Mahal Compound, oft. Race Course Road, Baroda-7. . -

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