Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Tyeb Mehta Monograph Explores Anguish, Discipline and Electrifying Light
This book is about the Indian artist Tyeb Mehta.
It shows many examples of his paintings and other artwork.
His pictures often include falling people, bulls and injured birds.
Bright colours make the serious subjects feel powerful.
A diagonal line appears in many of his paintings and suggests movement or collapse.
Mehta also painted figures connected with Kali and Mahishasura.
The book includes essays by several writers and art experts.
It also contains drawings, sculpture and images from the film Koodal.
The review praises the book for being clear, serious and exciting.
A new 240-page book examines the work and artistic discipline of Tyeb Mehta.
The volume includes 180 photographs of Mehta’s paintings, drawings and sculpture.
His falling bodies, trussed bulls and wounded birds appear against fields of vivid colour.
Essays by Roobina Karode, Ashok Vajpeyi, Gieve Patel, Aditi Ghildiyal and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi offer varied perspectives.
The book also includes stills from the film Koodal and uses visual sequencing to foreground Mehta’s work.
- Who
- Artist Tyeb Mehta, with essays by Roobina Karode, Ashok Vajpeyi, Gieve Patel, Aditi Ghildiyal and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi.
- What
- A 240-page monograph examining Mehta’s paintings, drawings, sculpture and related film material.
- When
- The publication date is not stated.
- Where
- The publication location is not stated.
- Why
- To illuminate Mehta’s artistic discipline and present his work through scholarship and carefully sequenced visuals.
- Book title
- TYEB MEHTA: BEARING WEIGHT WITH THE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
- Publisher
- Mapin/Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
- Price
- Rs 4,000
- Length
- 240 pages
- Photographs
- 180
- Featured subjects
- Falling bodies, trussed bulls, wounded birds, Kali and Mahishasura
- Additional material
- Drawings, sculpture and stills from the film Koodal