Hussain has been nominated for Kerala government's prestigious Raja Ravi Varma award . Compare the painting of Goddess Lakshmi by Raja Ravi Varma as well as m.f.hussain. Then you decide whether this decision is right or wrong.
The painting of M.F.Hussain showing Bhartata in nude, was protested. Later Hussain apologised for drawing this paintings. This painting was withdrawn from auction in an exhibition in Delhi.
This painting was displayed in London Art Gallery. It represents Mumbai Blasts
Why this painting is controversial and protested all over India? Some of the controversies put forth are::
1.Whether he will make similar paintings if UK or Qatar or UAE is attacked. Actually, M.F.Hussain has become the citizer of Qatar.
2.The painting canvas is split into two. why? He wants to split india into two. Or is he suggests that this kind of attacks can split India.
3. Bharat mata represents India .Why he always depicts India and hindus in this manner?
4. Recognizing such kind of Artists is the very reason why India has been attacked for many centuries and suceptible to invaders.
News1: : M F Husain is 91 years old. He usually paints Hindu goddesses naked. However, in 2006, it was a Muslim who filed a petition against the painting Bharat Mata (Mother India), on the grounds that national honor was at stake and using the 1971 Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act. The Supreme Court rejected the case in September 2008 on the grounds that “There are many such pictures, paintings and sculptures and some of them are in temples also.”
Following repeated attacks on his home and the accumulation of 900 judicial cases against M F Husain forced him into exile.
News 2: M.F.Hussain was awarded the Padma Shri. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1973. He got Padma Vibhushan in 1989 and he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1986. Husain's admirers have petitioned the government to grant Husain the Bharat Ratna, India's highest award.
Hussain has been nominated for Kerala government's prestigious Raja Ravi Varma award for his outstanding contributions in the field of art.
A series of cases were brought against Husain and a court case related to the alleged obscene depiction of Hindu goddesses in his nude paintings resulted in issuing a non-bailable warrant against Husain after he failed to respond to summons.Hussain left the country and nowliving in Dubai ,Qatar and London.
