You are cordially invited to a talk by Artist/historian Shubhalakshmi Shukla on The Language of Art on 7th November 2015 (4.30pm) at Anveshi. 

The talk will be accompanied by a slide show where she discusses Gieve Patel, Vivan Sundaram and Sudhir Patwardhan’s work.

Shubhalakshmi will focus on the representation of subalternity and the language of resistance in the work of contemporary Indian artists.  This is an area she has been studying extensively and writing on.  Her recent book Imagined Locales will also be discussed and presented during the talk.

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About the Author
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Shubhalakshmi Shukla is a writer and artist based in Mumbai. She graduated in Painting from Kalabhavan, Viswa bharati University, Santiniketan and obtained her M.A. in History of Art from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.

Presently she teaches as the Viva College of Architecture, in Shirgaon, Virar East-Mumbai.

Her published works include the book Imagined Locales (New Delhi: BR Publishing, 2015).

She has also written the following essays: “Body and Transcendence: Two Women Artists, an essay on the paintings of Nasreen Mohamedi and Anita Dube” in eds. Shivaji K. Panikkar, Parul Dave Mukherji and Deeptha Achar, Towards New Art History: Studies in Indian Art, Essays presented in honour of Prof. Ratan Parimoo (New Delhi: D.K. Printworld (P) Limited, 2003)
“Modes and Strategies of the Feminist interventions: Sculptural Encodings”, in ed. Shivaji Panikkar, 20th Century Indian Sculpture – the last two decades (Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2000).

She contributes to the leading art magazines on contemporary Indian art and written several catalogue essays. Her catalogue essay for Navjot Altaf’s installation Between Memory and History at the Sakshi Art gallery reflects her ongoing theoretical engagements.

Her significant curatorial work may be viewed at The Guild art gallery, Mumbai (http://www.guildindia.com/Catalogue-Synonymous.pdf).