Born in 1922 in Bombay, AA Raiba was a distinctive voice in Indian modern art. Sadly, he remains forgotten. A painter of immense technical precision and poetic sensibility, his work bridged the worlds of miniature painting, folk traditions, and the emerging language of modernism in post-independence India. His early life in Bombay’s coastal quarters, amid its layered cultural and architectural histories, would deeply shape his lifelong visual vocabulary. An upcoming exhibition celebrates his life and times.

From undergoing academic training at the prestigious Sir JJ School of Art to his independent explorations inspired by his transformative travels through Kashmir and beyond, ‘AA Raiba: The Inner Contour’ brings the spotlight on the artistic practice of one of the early modern Indian art

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