GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OF ART AND CRAFT AT KHALLIKOTE: AN INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY ART MOVEMENT IN ODISHA

ABSTRACT

Odisha, a state though enriched with its art-tradition and rich culture, remained unseen in the national contemporary art scenario for a long time in the lights of the developments that had already been took place in the art scene of the nation even after a long period after the Indian independence. It took a decade to have an art institution on its own land and in this brief essay it has been tried to shed some light on how a modern movement took a shape in Odishan art atmosphere with the establishment of an art school in the year 1957 at Khallikote, a place near the bank of the Chilika lake in Ganjam district of Odisha.