If you like paintings and love collecting them, then Indian Contemporary Art should definitely be in your collection. Indian art is famous worldwide due to painters like Raja Ravi Varma, Tyeb Mehta, M.F.Hussain, Abanindranath Tagore and many more.

A single sample of Indian painting will tell you a lot about India. Take for example the paintings of Raja Ravi Varma, his paintings depicts the stories of the great Epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana. More over his paintings of the sari clad women highlights the beauty of Indian women. Again paintings of world renowned painter M.F. Hussain will give you a glimpse of Indian urban and rural life.

A mixture of culture and ethics along with modern techniques of painting is what, that makes Indian contemporary art so special. India is known for its diversity and the glimpse of this diversity can be found in the paintings as well.

Today’s socially conscious painters throw light on the various social problems that Indians are facing. For example the art work of Anjolie Ela Menon depicts the internal rift between the hindus and the muslims. Again Atul Dodiya’s famous work “Broken Branches” relates the Gujrat riot of 2002.

Indian contemporary art is in great demand all over the world. So if you are a real art collector and even if not still having one Indian art in your collection will give you a sense of pride.