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Nandalal Bose is one of the most significant Indian artists from the twentieth century, associated with the contextual modernism that was developed in Santiniketan, Bengal, where Rabindranath Tagore had established a university. Bose’s collage works on postcards most dramatically demonstrate his heightened appreciation of tactile objects, as well as his deftness and resourcefulness with found materials and media. Cut out by hand, Bose’s collages are nearly abstract shapes that magically transform into figures with the addition of a line here or a dot there. Retaining a childlike simplicity of vision, he brings a significant life force to these works, re-imagining forms while losing none of his vision playing around with new material.