[Reader-list] FICA presents ART21 Season 5 preview, New Delhi

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

This October in New Delhi

Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art
presents

art: 21- Art in the Twenty-First Century
Season 5

This event is part of Art21 Access ‘09, a celebration of contemporary 
art and Season 5 of Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century sponsored by 
Art21. Art21 Access 09 is held at over 300 museums, schools, libraries, 
art spaces, and community centers around the world. Visit art21.org for 
more information.


Film screenings followed by panel discussions

 

Fantasy                  featuring Cao Fei, Mary Heilmann, Jeff Koons, 
Florian Mae-Aichen

Venue:                   Library, Goethe Institut - Max Mueller 
Bhavan,  3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg

Date/Time:              October 11, 2009, 5 pm

Panelists:                 Amitabha Bagchi, Bharti Kher, Shuddhabrata 
Sengupta and Madhu Sarin

 

Systems                  featuring Julie Mehretu, John Baldessari, 
Kimsooja and Allan McCollum

Venue:                   Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhawan, 
Ferozeshah Road, Connaught Place

Date/Time:             October 15, 2009, 5 pm

Pan
elists:                Colin Gonsalves, Ashok Lall, Mukul Kesavan 
and Vivan Sundaram

 

Transformation        featuring Paul McCarthy, Cindy Sherman and Yinka 
Shonibare

Venue:                   Auditorium, School of Arts and Aesthetics, 
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli road

Date/Time:             October 24, 2009, 5 pm

Panelists:                Anita Dube, Pushpamala N, Maya Rao and Shukla 
Sawant

 

Compassion             featuring William Kentridge, Doris Salcedo and 
Carrie Mae Weems

Venue:                   Auditorium, British Council Division, British 
High Commission, 17 Kasturbha Gandhi Marg

Date/Time:              October 28, 2009, 5 pm

Panelists:                 Sheba Chhachhi, Amar Kanwar, Dilip Simeon 
and Susan Visvanathan

 

FICA is grateful to Goethe Insitut - Max Mueller Bhavan, Lalit Kala 
Akademi, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University and 
British Council for hosting the events

 

 

The events are free and open to public.  For more information please 
contact FICA, D 17
8, First Floor, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase I, New 
Delhi 110020. Ph: 65474005/6 or email us at info at ficart.org

 

Episodes of Season 1 to 4 of Art: 21 will be screened through the month 
at the FICA Reading Room, D 42, Defence Colony, New Delhi. Please check 
schedule at www.ficart.org

 
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ABOUT FICA

 

The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA), established in 2007, 
works within and outside the gallery space to broaden the audience for 
contemporary Indian art, enhance opportunities for artists, and 
establish a continuous dialogue between the arts and the public through 
education and active participation in public art projects.

FICA’s main annual programmes are the Emerging Artist Award, Public Art 
Grant and the Research Fellowship. Educational programmes are aimed at 
not only school and college students but also a general audience, 
through regular thematic workshops by professionals and regular 
talks/interactive forums. Each workshop/talk is designed is custom made 
to suit the age, background and type of participants.

 

Since its inception FICA has slowly and steadily increased its 
activities and networked with various groups of students, scholars, 
artists, resource persons, educators and organizations to  develop 
active space which allows for art to be accessed by a larger audience. 
One of such major steps is the opening of the FICA Reading Room, an 
open=2
0access archive with a large collection of books, journals, 
magazines and catalogues on modern and contemporary art from India and 
around the world. www.ficart.org 

 

 

ABOUT ART21

 

Over the past ten years, Art21 has established itself as the preeminent 
chronicler of contemporary art and artists through its Peabody 
Award-winning biennial television series Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First 
Century. The organization has used the power of digital media to expose 
millions of people of all ages to contemporary art and artists and has 
created a new paradigm for teaching and learning about the creative 
process.

 

In addition to its PBS series and year-round series-based education and 
public programs efforts, Art21 has expanded its film production and 
educational efforts in recent years. Several new initiatives have been 
launched in the past year, including the premiere of the new 
short-format documentary series Art21–Exclusive on multiple online 
platforms and expansion of the Art21 Blog. New programs are also in the 
works, including a feature film as well as Art21 Educators, an ongoing 
professional development program for teachers. www.art21.org