We will host a presentation titled Norbert Bisky in conversation with Girish Shahane on November 28, 2008 at 6.30pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is organized in association with Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke and is free and open to all.
We will host a series of presentations in the program titled Contemporary Art of Bengal on November 20 and 21, 2008 from 6.30pm onwards at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The presentations will conclude with a panel discussion. The program is free and open to all.
Speakers: Partha Pratim Deb (Artist, based in Kolkata); Anshuman Dasgupta (Art Historian, Curator and Lecturer in Art History, Santiniketan); Paula Sengupta (Artist, Academician, Researcher and Theoretician, Kolkata); Sanchayan Ghosh (Artist and Lecturer in Painting, Santiniketan); Adip Dutta (Artist and Lecturer in Sculpture, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata)
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Paula Sengupta: Beyond Modernism – En Route to Post-Modernism in Kolkata
Adip Dutta: The Art/Aesthetics of Partha Pratim Deb
Friday, November 21, 2008
Anshuman Dasgupta: Santiniketan; or Predicament of a Host Culture
Sanchayan Ghosh: Site Specificity and Methods of Community Interaction
Panel Discussion: Partha Pratim Deb, Anshuman Dasgupta, Paula Sengupta and Sanchayan Ghosh
Chair: Adip Dutta.
We will host a presentation titled Antariksh – The Space Between by the artist, Sheba Chhachhi on October 24, 2008 at 6.30pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
Chair: Nancy Adajania (cultural theorist, art critic and curator)
We will host a presentation by the art collective Desire Machine comprising of artists, Mriganka Madhukaillya and Sonal Jain, who are based in Guwahati, on September 19, 2008 at 6.30pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
Chair: Pooja Sood (Director, Khoj International Artists’ Association)
We will host a presentation titled Fantasies of History in Indian Painting by art historian, Kavita Singh on August 14, 2008 at 6.30pm at the Little Theatre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
The Mohile Parikh Center for the Contemporary (MPCC), in association with Asia Society India Center, will host two presentations by Harleen Singh on July 29 and 30, 2008 at 5.30pm at the Max Mueller Auditorium, Mumbai. The programs are free and open to all.
Harleen Singh is an Assistant Professor of South Asian Literature and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brandeis University (USA) and has authored a book on the Rani of Jhansi titled “The Rebel Queen,” exploring the role of women and femininity, as well as the Rani’s role as an icon in national history.
July 29: Ethnicity, Religion and Gender in Muslim Women’s Narratives from Pakistan and Bangladesh
Moderator: Sonia Falerio (Author and Journalist)
July 30: Corbusier’s City, Chandigarh: The Space of Citizenship, Culture, and Country
Moderator: Rupali Gupte (Architect)
We will host a presentation and discussion titled Intuitive Expressions by the noted art historian and artist, Ratan Parimoo on January 11, 2008 at 6.30 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Center for Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
We will host a presentation and discussion titled Cosmic Trajectories by the noted sculptor, N. N. Rimzon on October 12, 2007 at 6.30 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Center for Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
We will host a series of presentations in the Visual Arts Studio titled The University and the Community from August 20 to 25, 2007, from 11.30am to 4.30pm at the Audio Visual Room of the National Center for Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and interested public can join after registration at the Center.
Speakers: Annapurna Garimella, H.A. Anilkumar, JohnyML, Parvez Kabir, Abhay Sardesai, Sudhir Patwardhan, Tushar Joag, Nikhil Chopra, Sanchayan Ghosh and George Jose.
We will host a presentation and discussion titled My Sculptures: Last Two Decades by the noted sculptor K. S. Radhakrishnan on June 22, 2007 at 6.30 pm at the Little Theatre of the National Center for Performing Arts in Mumbai. The program is free and open to all.
