Paperworks create flutter in Indian art scene

Uma Nair
New Delhi, May 18, 2006

"Paper has a primordial feel to it, a canvas cannot match the excitement that a sheet of paper can offer. A sheet of paper is a woman waiting to be seduced."

- Francis Newton Souza: December 25, 2000

No one could say it better than Souza and precisely 5 years after his death the world is waking up to atheist Souza's brilliance in words, wit and work.

Auction house Bonhams made history of sorts when they conducted a sale of paperworks by one Indian artist Francis Newton Souza on May 3 in London this year.

Paperworks create flutter in Indian art scene