BN Aryan, (p.293). Afterword
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“This long neglect and wanton destruction of our folk and tribal heritage has been compounded by the unsavoury process of pseudo-intellectual distinction between ‘arts’ and ‘crafts’, or ‘fine arts’ and ‘decorative arts’. This led to a profound loss of repositories of rich ethnographic material bearing centuries-old expression and symbolism.”
— BN Aryan
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About K. C. Aryan
K. C. Aryan (1919-2002) was a painter, sculptor, art historian and a pioneer-collector of folk and tribal art objects; and founder of the Museum of Folk and Tribal Art, better known as K.C. Aryan's Home of Folk Art, founded in 1984 in Gurgaon.
About K. C. Aryan
K. C. Aryan (1919-2002) was a painter, sculptor, art historian and a pioneer-collector of folk and tribal art objects; and founder of the Museum of Folk and Tribal Art, better known as K.C. Aryan's Home of Folk Art, founded in 1984 in Gurgaon.
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