The Art of Writing on Art

Speakers: Sudhir Patwardhan, Nissim Ezekiel, Ranjit Hoskote, Roshan Shahani, Dyaneshwar Nadkarni, Navjot Altaf, Prabhakar Kolte, Geetha Mehra, and Shireen Gandhy
Discussant: Shanta Gokhale

April 8, 1993 | 6.30 pm
Little Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai

How does one verbalize the experience of art? How does art interact with history, society and also theory and how does writing convey the interplay between the artist and the viewer? To describe in language the form and content of visual art is the fundamental process of art writing. This panel will discuss these questions where writers will interact with artists and art lovers to understand the meaning of art writing.