R. Siva Kumar

R. Siva Kumar
Siva Kumar lecturing at the opening of The Last Harvest : Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, Museum of Asian Art, Berlin (2012).
Born (1956-12-03) 3 December 1956 (age 67)
Kerala, India
Nationality Indian
Other namesRaman Siva Kumar
EducationKendriya Vidyalaya Pattom
Visva-Bharati University
Alma materKendriya Vidyalaya Pattom
Visva-Bharati University
Occupation(s)Art historian, art critic and curator; principal of Kala Bhavana
Notable workRabindra Chitravali (2011), The Last Harvest : Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore (2012)
MovementBengal school of art
Contextual Modernism
SpouseMini Sivakumar
ChildrenSiddharth Sivakumar (Son)

Raman Siva Kumar (born 3 December 1956), known as R. Siva Kumar, is an Indian contemporary art historian, art critic, and curator. His major research has been in the area of early Indian modernism with special focus on the Santiniketan School. He has written several important books, lectured widely on modern Indian art and contributed articles to prestigious international projects such as the Art Journal,[1] Grove Art Online or The Dictionary of Art, Oxford University Press.[2][3] [4][5]

He was awarded the Kesari puraskaram for art writing by the Lalit Kala Akademi, Kerala in 2010.[6] He has also curated major exhibitions like Santiniketan: The Making of a Contextual Modernism, and The Last Harvest : Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore and retrospectives of important Indian artists, such as Rabindranath Tagore, Benode Behari Mukherjee(co-curated with Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh), K. G. Subramanyan. He also has co-curated an exhibition titled "Tryst with Destiny" for the Singapore Art Museum to mark the 50 years of Indian Independence and served as a curatorial adviser for Rhythms of India: The Art of Nandalal Bose curated by Sonia Rhie Quintanilla for the San Diego Museum of Art.

  1. ^ Kumar, R. Siva (1 January 1999). "Modern Indian Art: A Brief Overview". Art Journal. 58 (3): 14–21. doi:10.2307/777856. JSTOR 777856.
  2. ^ "Smithsonian Learning Lab: Discover, Create, Share" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Erasing Borders:Passport to Contemporary Indian Art Feb–June 2008". Iaac.us. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  4. ^ "The Curatorial Imperative Mohd Ahmad Sabih, Researcher for India | Asia Art Archive". Aaa.org.hk. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Interview : Insightful views". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Lalithakala Akademi awards". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2022.