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Djambawa Marawili, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Liyawaday (Kathy) Wirrpanda), Lado Bai / [Untitled] 1999 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas (Detail) / 182 x 500cm / Collection: Crafts Museum, New Delhi / Photograph: Laxman Das Arya / Image courtesy: RMIT Gallery, Melbourne / © The artists
At the present moment India’s indigenous and regional artists (often termed ‘Adivasi’ and ‘folk artists’) are forging a new place in contemporary platforms in India and around the world. Nagesh will present some of the historical precedents and challenges for these artists finding a place in the contemporary art mainstream, highlighting various experimental ventures exploring institutional conventions and the hierarchies applied to the idea of contemporary art. He will also examine the increase in collaborations between urban and regional artists as artists from inside and outside the contemporary canon see opportunities to develop new forms of art. The work of pioneering artists such as Jangarh Singh Shyam (1962-2001) will be included in the discussion, as well as the role Australia has played in this history.
TARUN NAGESH
Tarun Nagesh is the Curatorial Manager of Asian and Pacific Art at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). Moreover he has been part of the curatorial team for several APTs (the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art) and leads the team of the forthcoming 11th APT 11 (30 Nov 2024 – 27 April 2025). Tarun has mounted many other Asian exhibitions and published widely, locally and globally.
This lecture replaces the previously advertised lecture on “Art and Politics in India c. 1980 – 2010”. If you booked for that lecture or for the “The Arts of India” Zoom series you do not need to register for this replacement.
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Studio image of Warli artist Tushar Vayeda, Ganjad, Maharashtra 2021 / Image courtesy: The artist
