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1996
When and What was Modernism
Presentation and Discussion
January 5
Speaker: Girish Shahane
The Social and Ideological Background to Modernism
Presentation and Discussion
January 25
Speaker: Girish Shahane
Art Objects in a Post Modern Age
International Conference
February 23, 24, and 25
Convenor: Prashant Parikh
Co-advisors: Timothy Hyman and Geeta Kapur
Speakers: Ayisha Abraham, Deepak Ananth, Veena Das, Ranjit Hoskote, Andreas Huyssen, Laleen Jaymanne, Geeta Kapur, Sudhir Patwardhan, Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Colin Richards, Kumar Shahani and Vivan Sundaram
The Making of an Artist – The Journey
Presentation and Discussion
March 15
Speakers: Jatin Das and Dyaneshwar Nadkarni
The Body as a Palace: The Site of Consciousness
Presentation and Discussion
April 12
Speaker: Peter Bevan
i) American Culture: Twentieth Century American Art
ii) Philip Morris Collection: A Lifetime Burning
Video Film
May 10
Traditions/Tensions: Contemporary Art in Asia
Presentation and Discussion
June 20
Speaker: Vishaka Desai
Modernisms and Schisms
Presentation and Discussion
July 22 to August 3
Speaker: Anjan Ray and Girish Shahane
Pausing at the Threshold: A Perspective on Contemporary Art
Presentation and Discussion
August 9
Speaker: Chaitanya Sambrani
New Images Prior Text
Presentation and Discussion
September 6
Speaker: R. Sivakumar
Fire and Life: Shared Realities - Shared Experiences
Panel Discussion
October 18
Speakers: Jon Cattapan, Dereck Kreckler, Surendran Nair, N. Pushpamala, and Chaitanya Sambrani
Calligraphy: Widening Horizons
Workshop for Students
November 2 to 6
Speaker: Achyut Palav
Chauraha
Presentation and Discussion in association with the USIS, Mumbai
December 5
Speaker: Richard Long
Design as an Attitude
Presentation and Discussion
December 6
Speaker: Ashok Chatterjee
- When and What was Modernism
- The Social and Ideological Background to Modernism
- Art Objects in a Post Modern Age
- The Making of an Artist – The Journey
- The Body as a Palace: The Site of Consciousness
- American Culture: Twentieth Century American Art
- Traditions/Tensions: Contemporary Art in Asia
- Modernisms and Schisms
- Pausing at the Threshold: A Perspective on Contemporary Art
- New Images Prior Text
- Fire and Life: Shared Realities - Shared Experiences
- Calligraphy: Widening Horizons
- Chauraha
- Design as an Attitude