Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings Tots_Gift_Guide Life here is not holding

Life here is not holding your cigarette chest-high while walking to the café and pulling off the trick of pretending to be Parisian

King and Queen of the gods

” wrote Aristotle

Straightforward

Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings Tots_Gift_Guide Life here is not holdingThis self portrait of the iconic Indian painter Amrita Sher Gil (19131941) represents more than a life. For this book in two volumes, Amrita's extant letters and writings are translated and reproduced from the originals in their entirety. The book draws on the primary text of these letters to open up a visual narrative around the artist's oeuvre, complemented by a parallel text of notes that not only annotate but also entangle the personal in the web