Kenneth W. George Ethical and ideological clashes over offensive images often unfold on the frontlines of national and global conflict. What predicaments and crises are posed, whose interests are served, and who are offended, when artists use the Qur’an for aesthetic projects? Episodes of scandal, self-censorship, and anxious iconoclasm suggest how a custodial ethics for […]
Come together this March to celebrate the poet-saint Kabir, who sang of the ultimate and challenged the people of his time-and us today-to rethink the religious and other boundaries that bind us. The celebration features a performance of Kabir singers, led by Dalit folk artist Prahlad Tipanya; a series of four documentary films entitled Journeys […]
Parul Dave Mukherji, Fellow at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. 5pm. Parul Dave Mukherji is a Professor in the Department of Visual Studies, School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Earlier, she taught at the Department of Art History and Aesthetics, Faculty of Fine Arts, M S University […]