International Conference-Seminar, Paris, February 7th, 8th & 9th, 2001

THE POLITICS OF AUTHENTICITY
THE CASE OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS IN INDIA

Amphith脂tre Yves Stourdz�, Carr� des Sciences, 1 rue Descartes, Paris 5e

Scientific coordination/coordination scientifique
* Centre d'Etudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS), Paris :

-Gilles Tarabout, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
-Denis Vidal, Institut de Recherche pour le D思eloppement (IRD)
* Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences (CSSS), Calcutta

Administrative coordination/ coordination administrative : Radhika Shaunik

With the financial support of/avec le soutien financier de
Programme de coop屍ation scientifique franco-indien : Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (MSH), Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), University Grant Commission (UGC) / Institut de Recherche pour le D思eloppement (IRD) / Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) / Programme International de Coop屍ation Scientifique "Perspectives critiques sur la globalisation. Localit�, nation et mondialisation � partir de l'Asie du Sud" (CNRS-CEIAS/London School of >Economics) / Minist俊e de l'Education Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie

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PROGRAMME

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Mercredi 7 f思rier/Wednesday, February 7th :
Debates on Nationalism, Modernity and Tradition

ﾛ 10.00-10.30 a.m. : Introduction and Inaugural Session

ﾛ Session I : 10.30-12.30a.m.
Tapati Guha-Thakurta What makes for the "authentic" female nude in Indian Art? The tensions and contentions of art history in modern India
Ajay Sinha Modernity and the Problem of Subject in Indian Art Criticism
Discussion : ﾉ

ﾛ Session II : 2.00-4.00 p.m.
Parul Dave Mukherji The Career of a Classical Aesthetic Text, the Citra Sutra in Modern India
Kajri Jain Between the Smoky Mirror and the Proper Light: Authenticity and 'Realism' in Indian Mass Culture
Discussion : Christian Michel

ﾛ Session III : 4.00-6.00p.m.
Denis Vidal Displaced and Replaced : The Making of Documentary Films and the Politics of Authenticity in Modern India
Ravi Vasudevan Indian Cinema : Nationhood, Authenticity and Realism in Film Discourses of the 1950s
Discussion : Jean-Luc Racine

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Jeudi 8 f思rier/Thursday, February 8th :
Defining Art, Crafts and Popular Culture

ﾛ Session I : 10.00-12.30 a.m.
Gilles Tarabout Can Art be Inauthentic ? Categorising Visual Practices in XXth Century India
Renate Dohmen "Categorical Predicaments": Threshold Designs in the Larger Fields of Art and Culture in post-colonial India
Rosita de Selva The Authentic and the Advisable. Multiple Creative Ways in a Bengali Painters' Community
Discussion : Emma Tarlo

ﾛ Session II : 2.00-4.00 p.m.
Kavita Singh The Jewel and the Crown : Politics of Display of Indian Art at the V&A Museum, 1935-1951
Virginia Whiles Miniature Painting in Pakistan Today. "Authenticity" for Whom ?
Discussion : Clare Harris

ﾛ Session III : 4.00-6.00 p.m.
Carlo Severi Authenticity and the Paradoxes of Primitivism. Preliminary Notes on Aesthetics and Anthropology
Partha Mitter Primitivism, Nationalism and the Indian Artist
Discussion : Fran腔is Flahaut

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Vendredi 9 f思rier/Friday, February 9th :
Producing the Visual Cultures of Contemporary India

ﾛ Session I : 10.00-12.00 a.m.
Stephen Inglis Rock, Paper and Scissors. Intersections in Indian Art
Emmanuel Grimaud How a Highfunda put all Theories into Pieces and Indicated to the World the Authentic Way of Film Making - Notes on the Writing Process of a Manual for Film Makers

Discussion : Yves Goudineau

ﾛ Session II : 1.30-3.30 p.m.
Janaki Nair "Past Perfect" : Architecture and Public Life in Bangalore
Christiane Brosius Remapping Space: The Sacred Cartography of Nationalist Pilgrimages in Hindutva Videos
Discussion : Sanjay Subrahmaniam

ﾛ Final session : 3.45-6.00 p.m.
General discussion

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R市um市 /abstracts
www.inalco.fr/pub/enseignements/langues/asu/civi_asu/
www.vjf.cnrs.fr/himalaya/

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A l'occasion de la conf屍ence, la galerie Grewal Mohanjeet
12 rue Jacob, Paris 6e
organise du 7 f思rier au 10 mars une exposition d'ﾏuvres des artistes indiens
Dhawan, Manu Parekh, Neeraj Goswami, Paresh Maity, Pavamani, Raza
(ouvert du mardi au samedi de 14h � 19h)
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