BOOK REVIEW: THE ART AND LIFE OF GULAMMOHAMMED SHEIKH Jackie Menzies – TAASA Review December 2019

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At Home in the World: the art and life of Gulammohammed Sheikh Ed.

Chaitanya Sambrani, with essays by Chaitanya Sambrani, Marcia Kupfer, Cóilín Parsons and Karin Zitzewitz. Tulika Books in association with Vadhera Art Gallery 2019 RRP USD95; hardback 464 pages This magnificent book is a welcome tribute to Gulammohammed Sheikh (born 1937, Gujarat), the distinguished senior contemporary Indian artist whose work has been little seen in Australia.

It has been edited by Chaitanya Sambrani, senior lecturer at the School of Art and Design, Australian National University, and one-time student of Sheikh’s at the prestigious Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) in Baroda...