Speaker: Debashree Mukherjee, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Chair: Dr. Ranjani Mazumdar, Professor, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU

The talk critically examines the historical figure of Bombay's female film professional, approaching her as a manifestation of, and model for, the urban public woman in 1930s and 40s Bombay. Using scandal as a dense historiographic source, the talk looks at the specific cases of Naseem Banu, Devika Rani and Khorshed Homji

Directed by Pramod Dev who will introduce the film

Screening will be followed by a discussion

Film about the working day of three women living thousands of kilometers apart with nothing in common between them. As the film criss-crosses the lives of the three women; it explores whether they are truly different and unconnected. In the process, the film debates the choices available to women and their control over time and space in society, using direct and subtle narratives

An exhibition of paintings by Renata Egreja from Brazil

Inauguration by H.E. Mr. Carlos Duarte, Ambassador of Brazil on Friday, 14^th June 2013 at  

6:30 pm

            Ms Renata Egreja will speak about "Contemporary Art in Brazil Today" at the inauguration

On view from 15^th to 21^st June 2013, 11 am to 7 pm daily in the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Block, Gate no: 1, IIC

About the exhibition

Anattā

"The title of the exhibition, Anattā, is a reference to the Buddhist concept of non-existence of the self. According to Buddhism, all components or conditioned things are impermanent and in a constant state of flux and change.

I really feel the existence of a link between this idea and the process of art, which can be seen as a reflection of a state in which the individual goes through a transformation experience that is essentially a universal one.

The paintings I did during the period I spent in India are part of my process of transformation. The work you see are not the beginning nor the end of anything. They are reports of a daily change process."

                                                                                                                  Renata Egreja

Residency program in India

During the visit of President Dilma Rousseff to New Delhi in 2012, Brazil and India signed an Executive Cultural Program for the period 2012-2014, which established a new framework for the implementation of projects in the sector. One of the initiatives created in this realm is the artistic residency program, which started to be implemented in January 2013, with the Brazilian painter Paulo Almeida, from São Paulo, who worked in New Delhi for a period of two months. Renata Egreja is the second artist from Brazil who participated in the program. Her work, presented now at IIC, is the result of her experience in India from April to June 2013. The project is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil and aims to foster the exchange in visual arts and to promote greater dynamism as for the bilateral cultural dialogue.

Biography

Renata Egreja was born in Brazil in 1984 in Ipaussu, hinterland of Brazil

In 2010 she obtained her Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris/France

In 2008 she graduated in Fine Arts from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris/France

Awards

2013: Prize Itamaraty for Contemporary Art. Brazil

2011: Honorable Mention in the 18º Exhibition of Plastic Arts of Praia Grande, Brazil

2010: Expo Jeunes Talents. Paris Dauphine, Paris, France

2007: 38ª Annual Exhibition of Arts of Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions

2012"¨

- The Rules of the Game. Gallery Zipper, São Paulo, Brazil; Museum of History of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

- A trace is enough. Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

2011

- Art Museum of Goiânia, Brazil"¨

- Painting is a party, but don't get lost in its glitter. Museum of Contemporary Art, Jataí, Brazil

2010"¨

- Painting is a party, but don't get lost in its glitter. Investart, São Paulo, Brazil

-Diplôme National Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Atelier D. Gauthier, Paris, France

2008

- Pilgrim painting. Atelier D. Gauthier, Paris, France

(70 min; 2011; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Directors: Amol Palekar and Sandhya Gokhale
Produced by Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs

Film on the unparalleled contributions of Kishori Amonkar to Indian classical music; it is also an exploration of the larger debates on the nature of art itself. The film presents an accessible portrait of a pensive, creative artist whose life has been sublimated to and consumed by her art

An exhibition of porcelain paintings by Madhu Bhalla Ahluwalia

Inauguration by Mr. Yasuhisa Kawamura, Charge d'Affairs, Embassy of Japan on Thursday, 20^th June 2013 at 18:30 

Pran Nevile speaks on the life and times of Shamshad Begum

Followed by 
Concert
By Simrat Chhabra

Dr. Pankaj Jain author of the new book Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability (Surrey: Ashgate, 2011)

Discussants: Prof. Servchetan Katoch, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College; and Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma, Environmentalist

Chair: Prof. Bharat Gupt, International Forum for India's Heritage