Himmat Shah, a fearless modernist who was relentless in his pursuit of excellence
One of India’s foremost sculptors, Himmat Shah, passed away in Jaipur on Sunday. He was 91. A fearless modernist, Shah’s stylised heads in terracotta and bronze created ripples in the art world with their deepened sensitivity. In their abstraction, his heads would bring alive Saint Kabir’s philosophy of the human being as a humble vessel. Though…