S.G. Vasudev will speak on Inner Resonance

Born in Mysore (Karnataka) in 1941, S.G. Vasudev studies at the Government College of Arts, Madras. While still a student, he won the National Award from the All India Lalit Kala Akademi in 1967. He has also received awards from the State Academies of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, besides the prestigious Rajyotsava Award, Venkatappa Award and Paniker Puraskaram.

Vasudev is a founder-member of the Cholamandal Artists’ Village on the outskirts of Chennai, where he lived and worked till 1988. Vasudev has held solo exhibitions and has participated in several important group exhibitions in India and abroad. Some of the important series of works he has created over the years are Maithuna (Act of Love), Vriksha (Tree of Life), which transformed into Humanscapes and Earthscapes, and a series on the renowned poet A K Ramanujan’s poetry.

Inner Resonance - Return to Sama, his retrospective exhibition was held at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore and Mumbai, and at the Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, in 2018-2019.

Vasudev is the founder and managing trustee of Arnawaz Vasudev Charities, a non-profit organisation providing financial assistance to young artists and art-related initiatives since 1989. He has helped in establishing the Visual Art Department at Bangalore University, the National Gallery of Modern Art Bangalore, Ananya Drishya and Art Park. He lives and works in Bangalore.

Zoom Registration: https://zoom.us/j/82931393835

Meeting ID: 829 3139 3835

(Collaboration: J.D. Centre of Art)

“The Constitution of India and Indian Democracy: Have the Legislature, Judiciary and Executive remained true to their Constitutional Mandate?”

By H.E. Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Hon’ble Vice President of India

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

The Global Game of Oil Pipelines

By Gulshan Dietl (Routledge Taylor & Francis: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Sujata Ashwarya, Professor, Centre for West Asian Studies (Middle Eastern), Jamia Millia Islamia; Dr. Sameena hameed, Assistant Professor, Gulf Studies Programme, Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Prof. Gulshan Dietl, formerly Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and author of the book

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Distinguished Fellow, Symbiosis University

The late landscape artist, Bireswar Sen (1897-1974) centred his creation on portraying the splendour of the Himalayas, although he approached it on a miniature scale. Sen studied under Abanindranath Tagore in Calcutta during the 1920s, where he learned the wash technique. It wasn't until he met the Russian artist Nicholas Roerich in 1932, that he discovered art's enormous ability to connect man with nature. Roerich's Himalayan landscapes were an epiphany. For the rest of his career, Sen strived to achieve harmony while perfecting his highly personal technique.

On display are a selection of original paintings from the collection of Prithviswar Sen and Sarbani Ghosh

Inauguration on Friday, 16 December 2022 at 17:30

On Friday, 16 December 2022 at 18:30 in Seminar Rooms I to III

Small Works, Great Vision: The Art of Bireswar Sen

Illustrated lecture by Prof. B.N. Goswamy, writer, leading art historian and Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab University, Chandigarh 

Speaker: Mr. Kedir Awol Omar, Head of Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in New Delhi, India (also covers Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan). He has also headed the ICRC operations in conflict affected areas like Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Nepal, Ethiopia and has worked with conflict related issues, humanitarian diplomacy and developing partnerships in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and South Africa

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi

The work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols, its Statutes – and those of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – and the resolutions of the International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

The ICRC is an independent, neutral organisation ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law.

Obviously, it follows that humanity facing so many war and conflict situations, is deeply indebted to ICRC

By Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

Followed by screening of
 

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (India)
(157 min; 2022; Hindi/Tamil/Telugu/English)
Director: Madhavan

With R. Madhavan, Simran Bagga, Rajit Kapoor
  
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is a retelling of Shri Nambi Narayananʼs life story as it unravels in an interview by the celebrated superstar and Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, on a TV programme. Like many great minds, Nambi is also deeply flawed, his genius and obsession earning him enemies and detractors, thus making him a compelling modern protagonist. 

Beyond serving as a treatise for the vindication of quiet achievers in society, the film also challenges the audience to take up the responsibility of recognizing, and celebrating these special contributors, whether it be a Nambi Narayanan or a teacher educating poor kids, soldiers at the border, doctors serving in remote villages, or volunteers helping the needy. It also raises a powerful question – Why arenʼt we standing up collectively to defend our innocent and powerless against the hegemony of the powers that be? For every Nambi, there are a thousand more quiet achievers fighting for justice.

As part of this screening, from 3 to 12 December 2022 there will be an exhibition at the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC
 

Cine-Pop!
Bollywood Photo Culture
Amassed from the streets of Bombay, this growing array of images from the collection of Rahaab Allana highlights movie stills and associated memorabilia that advertised and popularized actors and epic sequences from the original film. Dated largely between the 1950s and ‘80s. The exhibition features photographs from studios such as Studio Nataraj, Himalaya Talkie Distributors and Pravinchandra G. Javeri, most of which are in Bombay (present day Mumbai).