Lecture - Interventions: On Collectives June 19, 2009

Lecture - Interventions: On Collectives. A series curated by V.Divakar. Interventions, the present curation of a series of lectures/discussions attempts to work as an alternative space in order to critically engage with the works of a few artists who have intervened in the cultural milieu through their artistic practices. So also, this initiative attempts to draw insights from the critics who have been vocal in articulating their concerns regarding the aspects of the social and the political in cultural practices. The intention is to engage in a serious dialogue where both disciplines of art writing and art making can necessarily share identical areas of concern for action. Interventions then is aiming at a gathering of artists and writers who would share with students, cultural practitioners, art lovers and concerned public their respective experiences regarding their practice. The peculiarities/specificities of each strategy the artists/writers have employed would enable the younger generation of art practitioners and writers to widen the possibilities of approaching their own practices with a more nuanced understanding of society in general. In this regard the first Interventions panel discussion was held at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in February 2009 with participation from Alex Mathew, Hyderabad and art critic Santhosh Sadanand from Baroda. In continuation of the series, the second Interventions will be structured around the theme On Collectives. The discussion will be led by Prof. Panikkar who will present an historical overview of art collectives, along with representatives of art collectives in Kerala and Bangalore. The participants include: Professor Shivaji K Panikkar who was Head, Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda. Author of several seminal articles, he has coordinated many national and international conferences, the latest being the international conference Archiving the Art Histories: Exigencies and Challenges in Pedagogy and Research, supported by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), Bangalore. Archana Prasad who is a contemporary Indian artist and the Co-founder and Facilitator of Samuha, an artist initiative and collective. Archana Prasad graduated from the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore and also has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Animation from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. She has had exhibitions in Berlin, Cologne, Naples and Bangalore. Raghavendra Rao K.V who is a part of the Bar1 Art Collective in Bangalore, studied painting at the Ken School of Art in Bangalore. He has participated in group and solo shows and travelled abroad on scholarship and residencies. Sunil G. who runs Zen Studio Gallery in Eramalloor, Kerala has a Masters in Malayalam Literature and a PG Diploma in Journalism. Professor Suresh Jayaram who is a visual artist and art historian from Bangalore. He runs an alternative studio residency called 1shanthiroad. Suresh has taught art, given guest lectures, exhibited his own works and curated shows in India and abroad. He is the Founder Trustee of VAC - Visual Art Collective.

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