ART TALK "Home and the World : 1, Shanti Road" by Suresh Jayaram at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm on 29th September 2016

Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 29/09/2016 19:00 29/09/2016 20:30 Asia/Kolkata TALK "Home and the World : 1, Shanti Road" by Suresh Jayaram Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/09/talk-home-and-world-1-shanti-road-by.html Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
Parking : Gate No. 1, 2 & 3 (Cars), Gate No. 2 (Bikes & Bicycles)
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : TALK "Home and the World : 1, Shanti Road" by Suresh Jayaram.
A LILA Prism Lecture.

1Shanthiroad, Bengaluru, is an art space founded by Suresh Jayaram that nurtures creativity and cutting edge art practice, situated in the centre of the city. The Studio/Gallery at 1Shanthiroad provides space for slide lectures, small conferences, installations, performances, screenings and informal gatherings. It is administered by a not- for- profit trust VAC –Visual Art Collective.
Since its inception in 2003 1Shanthiroad has grown to house artists from diverse countries in its residency programmes. Through 13 vibrant years 1 Shantiroad has broken new ground, nurtured new and old talent, and triggered meaningful engagements with visual art. 

Speaker : Suresh Jayaram is an artist, art historian, arts administrator and curator from Bangalore. He is the Founder, Director of Visual Art Collective/1.Shanhtiroad Studio an international artist’s residency and alternative art space in Bangalore, India. He is currently involved in art practise, urban mapping, archiving, curation and arts education. His keen interest in environmental and urban developmental issues influences his work. He taught Art History at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, the College of Fine Arts in Bangalore and later went on to become the Dean from 2005-2007. He obtained his BFA in painting from the College of Fine Arts,Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat 1990 and MFA from M.S.University, Baroda in 1992 in Art Criticism. Some of his significant work has included- 2012- Curator for Colombo Art Biennale 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2011- Research, curated exhibition and compiled monograpgh for the ‘Krumbiegel Project’ -A public history/art project that included research, documentation and exhibition that looked at the life of Gustav Herman Krumbiegel a German horticulturist and urban planner of significance in South India. 2010-Curator for ‘Sethusamudram Project’ - 3 year collaborative art project initiated by Theertha International Artists Collective, Colombo, Sri Lanka and 1.Shanthi Road Studio/Gallery, Bangalore, India that seeks to collectively develop and envision programmes to engage with and address the highly complex and variegated history and emotions surrounding the relations between India and Sri Lanka 2010- Art Think South Asia fellow in arts administration, Sculpturen Park, Berlin 2010-07- Coordinated the South Asian residency for KHOJ as a founder of 1Shanthiroad Studio 2008- ANA-Artist Network Asia grant to curate a multidimensional show called REWA, to acknowledge and celebrate the culture of Tibetans in exile in India. 2004- British Council Charles Wallace India Trust award to work as an artist at the Gasworks Studios, London. 2004-05- Working committee of Khoj International Artists Association to organize international artists Residency in Mysore and Bangalore.

Chair : Gayatri Sinha is a critic, editor and curator who works in the domains of gender, lens-based art, and cultural politics. She has edited Voices of Change: 20 Indian Artists (Marg 2010), Art and Visual Culture in India 1857- 2007 (Marg Publications, 2009); Indian Art: an Overview (Rupa Books, 2003); Woman/Goddess (1998); Expressions and Evocations: Contemporary Indian  Women Artists of India (Marg Publications, 1996]. She has written monographs on the artists Krishen Khanna and Himmat Shah. As a curator she has worked within museums and institutions in India and abroad including the National Gallery of Modern Art, the National Museum, the Grand Curtius and Musee Ansembourg Belgium, the Newark Museum and Minneapolis Institute of Art, in the USA, the Fotographie Forum Frankfurt, among others. She has lectured widely on Indian art and its social contexts. Since 2011, she directly supports knowledge in the arts in institutional and non institutional spaces through her initiative Critical Collective. Her website criticalcollective.in is the first such art archive and newsmagazine on Indian art. Critical Collective has collaborated with the Bhau Daji Lad Museum on an 18 month long video program, and is engaging with C-MAP MoMA on a research project on Indian art.

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