Jnanapravaha (Mumbai) Art, Criticism and Theory (ACT)

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1 Jnanapravaha (Mumbai) Art, Criticism and Theory (ACT) Session Day/Date Session title and details Resource scholar 2014 July 1 Tue 28 Introduction to the course; Orientation to the subject and pedagogic method 2 Wed 29 Reading the Visual/Ways of engaging with the visual-picture; Reading Foucault on Velazques s Las Meninas August 3 4 Tue 4 Wed 5 Debates and developments in Aesthetics (Western/European experience) 5 Tue 11 Debates and developments in Aesthetics (The idea of the Modern) 6 Wed 12 Debates and developments in Aesthetics (Modern art in India understanding the scope) 7 Tue 18 What is Art Criticism? 8 Wed 19 A discussion on the practice of criticism, and its role in the field of art; 9 Tue 25 Art History I: The Heaven of Ideas, the Floor of the Studio: From Plotinus and Longinus to Vasari and Van Mander 10 Wed 26 Art History II: Ideas, Ideals and Practices: From Winckelmann, Hegel, Kant, Goethe and Schiller to Burckhardt, Riegl, William Morris and Wölfflin September Mortimer Chatterjee Nancy Adajania 11 Tue 1 Seminar 1: Rashmi Poddar 12 Wed 2 Masterpieces (as Image and Meaning) Alka Hingorani 13 Thu 3 Sudhir Patwardhan

2 14 Tue 8 Critical theory in the Humanities and Cultural Studies 15 Wed 9 Literary Theory: its role within production of knowledge and criticism 16 Tue 15 Reading the Visual/Ways of engaging with the visual-picture; Reading Freud on Michelangelo s Moses Mitra Mukherjee- Parikh 17 Wed 16 Making meaning: Art and Agency Nancy Adajania 18 Tue 22 The Art World and Its Institutions: The 19 Wed 23 Transition from Formality to Sociality: From the Studio-Academy-Salon- Museum to the Residency-Social Project-Collaboration-Biennial Tue 29 Wed 30 Workshop: Editorial/Curatorial towards a critical discourse (stage 01 introduction and preliminary research) October Tue 6 Wed 7 Post-colonial Studies: An introduction to its history and processes 24 Tue Wed Tue 20 Concept 01: Space and Memory 27 Wed 21 Concept 02: Life of an Image 28 Tue 27 Concept 03: Symbolism (and Message) 29 Wed 28 Concept 04: Beauty November 30 Tue 3 Concept 05: Memory 31 Wed 4 Workshop: Editorial/Curatorial towards a critical discourse (stage 02 theme finalisation) Rohit Goel Imran Ali Khan Madhusree D Mitra Mukherjee- Parikh Ranjit H, Jitish K & Kaiwan M Shobha Ghosh

3 Tue 10 DIWALI Break Wed Tue 17 Concept 05 (A): The narrative and the visual 33 Wed 18 Concept 05 (B): The narrative and the text Hena Kapadia Imran Ali Khan 34 Tue 24 Key ideas in the history of Philosophy: 35 Wed 25 A discussion in relation to art and aesthetics part 01 December Tue 1 Wed 2 Key ideas in the history of Philosophy: A discussion in relation to art and aesthetics part Tue 8 Framing an approach 01: Viewing the world in everyday 39 Wed 9 Framing an approach 02: Performance Art 40 Mon 14 to Seminar 2: 41 Fri 18 The Body in Indian art and history Tue 22 to Semester Break Wed January Tue 5 Wed 6 Seminar 4: Islamic Aesthetics 1 47 Thu 7 48 Tue 12 Seminar 5: 49 Wed 13 Islamic Aesthetics 2 50 Thu Tue 19 Framing an approach 03: Video Art 52 Wed 20 Framing an approach 04: Writing on art Shaina Anand Sahej Rahal Naman Ahuja With reading assignments Barry Flood Barry Flood Ashok Sukumaran Gieve Patel

4 53 54 Tue 26 Wed 27 Framing an approach 05 (A): Curating its practice, history and role 55 Thu 28 Framing an approach 05 (B): Curating as method and structure February Tue 2 Wed 3 Framing an approach 06: Texts as research material 58 Tue 9 Ideas and thinkers 01: (Ref: Practices of writing and commentaries within Sanskritic traditions) 59 Wed 10 Workshop: Editorial/Curatorial towards a critical discourse (stage 03 research review) 60 Tue 16 Ideas and thinkers 02: 61 Wed 17 (Ref: Nagarjuna and Buddhist philosophic traditions) 62 Tue 23 Ideas and thinkers 03, 04: (Ref: John Ruskin / Adolf Loos) (Ref: A K Coomaraswamy / E B Havell) 63 Wed 24 Ideas and thinkers 05: (Ref: Adorno) March 64 Tue 1 Ideas and thinkers 06: (Ref: Benjamin) 65 Wed 2 Seminar 06: 66 Tue 8 Structuralism and Post-structuralism 67 Wed 9 its history and methods 68 Tue Wed Tue 22 Ideas and thinkers 10, 11: 71 Wed 23 (Ref: Gandhi, Ambedkar / India 20C) 72 Tue 29 Production of Knowledge: Gender Studies its history and methods 73 Wed 30 Production of Knowledge: Subaltern Studies its history and methods Jitish Kallat Anita Vachharajani Rashmi Poddar Supriya Rai Rohit Goel

5 April 74 Tue 5 Ideas and thinkers 12: Nancy Adajania (Ref: Artistic practices in contemporary India) 75 Wed 6 Production of Knowledge: Siddharth Bhatia Culture and Aesthetics 76 Tue 12 Exhibiting art notes from a show Mortimer Chatterjee 77 Wed 13 Exhibiting art idea of a show Ruchita Madhok 78 Thu 14 Exhibiting art notes from a show Sudhir Patwardhan 79 Tue 19 Workshop: Editorial/Curatorial 80 Wed Thu 21 towards a critical discourse (stage 04 final production and review) *Reference key to course structure organisation: TRODUCTION TO FRAMES and MEODS: What does it mean to engage with art and writing (discourse) on art? How is this engagement structured through texts and organization of thoughts? FOUNDATIONAL FIELDS: Introduction to foundational fields and subjects like Art History, Criticism and Theory and questions related to their histories and practice CONCEPTS AND DISCOURSE: A select set of concepts that will allow for a discussion on how we think about a concept, its philosophical and material (within artistic practices) understanding and its presence/existence within a cultural milieu / discourse KG AND EORY: Visiting the writings and lives of certain thinkers, and understand the production of knowledge and cultures of thinking they engaged with / contributed to / generated and how it connects with our modes of working and thinking today PRACTICE AND PROCESS: Formulating a discourse through works of art modes, methodologies and practices Note: The clusters of sessions and cluster-titles are indicative and notional, and not strict brackets or subject-heads [June 4, 2015]