New Delhi, April 23 -- Mediums have often defined artists' careers, but rarely has an artist defined the history of a medium the way Devraj Dakoji has contributed to the progression of printmaking. His engagement with the medium, spanning a career over five decades, is the subject of a recently-concluded exhibition, titled Signed, Lower Right at Delhi's Gallery Exhibit 320, with over 60 works on display. Interestingly, printmaking wasn't Dakoji's first calling as an artist. Trained in painting at College of Fine Arts and Architecture in his hometown in Hyderabad, he worked with watercolours and tempera, until a chance encounter with an exhibition of prints on World War II by German artist Kathe Kollwitz left him spellbound. "She did a lot...
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