11-Dec-2014 12:00 AM
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The Raza Foundation through its series ‘Art Matters’ provides a platform for open discussion on such issues. It endeavors not only to release the true essence of art from the clutches of definitive modernist approach in order to grasp myriad ways of extolling art, but also to stir up debate on the changing meanings of social and political theoretical concepts like rights, justice, liberty, citizenship, etc. Well known, renowned scholars and practitioners from all the diverse fields of arts, dance, music, social science, poetry, and so on are invited for this purpose.
Here, we publish the twenty fourth panel discussion of ‘Art Matters’, in conversation with Krishen Khanna and Manish Pushkale.
Krishen Khanna is an Indian artist born in Lyallpur. He attended Imperial Service College in England and is a self-taught artist. He is recipient of the Rockefeller Fellowship in 1962, the Padma Shri in 1990, and the Padma Bhushan in 2011.
Manish Pushkale, born in 1973. Received a Master's Degree in Painting from Bhopal, and a Post Graduate degree in Conservation from the National Musuem, Delhi. Recipient of the AIFACS award, a Junior Research fellowship, an award at the 1st Bharat Bhavan Annual Exhibition, and the Raza Foundation Award. Has held solo shows of his work in Delhi, Bhopal and Mumbai, and participated in group and curated exhibitions. Has been featured in 'Seven', a book on 7 contemporary painters published in Paris. His works are in several collections.
The event was organized at the Indian International Centre on 18th of December 2014.