Painting Narratives Mural Painting Traditions in the 13th- 19th Centuries
23-27 January 2008 Chennai & Kanchipuram, India
PROGRAM
23 January 2008
Time: 4 p.m. onwards Venue : DakshinaChitra, East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu 603 118
03.00 - 04.00 pm
Registration Of delegates & observers
Tea
04.00 - 04.30 pm
Welcome address Dr. Deborah Thiagarajan President, Madras Craft Foundation
Inauguration & lighting of kutthuvalluku Mr. Suresh Rajan, Hon. Minister for Tourism, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
Introductory comments Dr. David Shulman, Hebrew University, Jerusalem & Project Director, Painting Narratives: Mural Painting Traditions in the 13th-19th Centuries
04.30 - 05.30 pm
The Great Mural Tradition Benoy Behl Art Historian & Photographer
05.30 - 06.15 pm
Overview of Conservation of Murals in India Dr. O. P. Agrawal Director-General, INTACH Indian Council of Conservation Institutes, Lucknow
06.15 - 06.30 pm
Q & A session Moderated by Dr. Shulman
Followed by Introduction of Epochs of Indian Art By Mr. Vijayakumar Menon Art Historian, Thrissur, Kerala
06.30 - 07.00 pm
Cultural programme Bharatanatyam recital
24 January 2008
Panel Timing : 10.00 am - 05.00 pm (Followed by cultural programme & dinner) Venue :DakshinaChitra, East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu 603 118
Morning session (10.00 am - 01.00 pm) Panel One : Historical Precedents and Their Relationship to Later Murals
This panel will lay the foundation for the seminar by reviewing historical precedents and their relationship to later murals by drawing on earlier scholarship.
Moderator : Dr. M. D. Muthukumaraswamy
10.00 - 10. 20 am
Dr. David Shulman Painting the Edge of Space: The Mucukunda Murals in the Tyagarajasvami Temple, Tiruvarur
10. 20 - 10. 40 am
P.S.Sriraman The Nataraja and Rajaraja Images in Chola Murals
10. 40 - 11.00 am
Dr. Rachel Milstein Wall Decorations in the Juna Mahal of Dungarpur, Rajasthan
11.00 - 11.15 am
Tea
11. 15 - 11.35 am
Mr. K.U. Krishnakumar Kerala Murals as a Product of the Pictorial Traditions of Kerala
11. 35 -11. 55 am
Dr. B.N. Goswamy Lingering Traces; Rising Concerns: 12 noon Thoughts on the Surviving Murals in the Punjab, and the Issues they raise
12 noon - 01.00 pm
Moderator-led discussion
Afternoon session (02.00 - 05.00 pm) Panel Two : Murals of the 13th - 17th Centuries: Interpreting Mural Traditions and Their Role in Communication and Popular Art of the Period
This panel will include presentations on the mural paintings of the different regions and address issues of style, materials, themes, political background and narrative intent. Panel speakers would be drawn from different disciplines and be grouped according to the region/country of the paintings they address.
Moderator : Dr. David Shulman
02.00 - 02.20 pm
Dr. Baluswamy Code & theory of Nayak aesthetics
02.20 - 02.40 pm
K. T. Gandhirajan Nayak murals
02.40 - 03.00 pm
Dr. M. D. Muthukumaraswamy Kerala Mural paintings: Revival & the Cultural Processes of Dissemination
03.00 - 03.15 pm
Tea
03.15 - 03.35 pm
T. Satyamurthy The Matrix of Mural Tradition in Kerala
03.35 - 03.55 pm
Brigitte Majlis Chequers and Flowers, Fashion and Textile Design in the Murals of Lepakshi
04.00 - 05.00 pm
Moderator-led discussion
06.00 - 07.00 pm
Film screening : Epochs of Indian Art (Part II); Crafting an Art
26 January 2008
Panel Timing : 10.00 am - 05.00 pm Venue : DakshinaChitra, East Coast Road, Muttukadu, Tamil Nadu 603 118
Morning session (10.00 am - 12. 45 pm) Panel Three : Cross-cultural Processes
Between the 13th and the 19th centuries, cross-cultural dissemination of ideas on religion, philosophy and society found visual expression in the arts, traveling primarily from India to Southeast Asian countries. An exploration of the processes of dissemination, adaptation and change of foreign ideas to new societies, as referenced through paintings would be the subject of this panel.
Moderator: Dr. Jyotindra Jain
10.00 - 10.20 am
Theodore Baskaran Mural Techniques of Medieval Tamil Nadu
10.20 - 10.40 am
Sistla Srinivas Murals from Sri Kurmam, Sri Kakulam District
10. 40 - 11.00 am
Benoy Behl The Murals of Ladakh, Spiti and Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh)
11.00 - 11.15 am
Tea
11.15 - 11.35 am
Dr. S. Suresh The Mural Painting Traditions of the Tanjavur Marathas (Tamilnadu): A Case Study of Cross-cultural Influences
11. 35 am - 12.45 pm
Moderator-led discussion
Afternoon session (01.45 - 04.30 pm) Panel Four : 18th and 19th Century Mural Paintings during the Colonial Period
This panel will address changing forms, legends, content, audiences, and style in both temple and vernacular traditions.
Moderator : Dr. M. D. Muthukumaraswamy
Speakers:
01. 45 - 02.10 pm
Dr. R. Nagaswamy 18th-20th Century Murals in the Tamil area
02.10 - 02.30 pm
Dr. Annapurna Garimella Mural Narratives of Juna Mahal Palace (Dungarpur, Rajasthan) and how they relate to issues of Space, Landscape and History
02. 30 - 02. 50 pm
Stephanie Marie Bogin & Sybilla Tringham Conserving the 18th Century Rajput-Mughal Paintings at Nagaur Fort (Rajasthan)
02.50 - 03.05 pm
Tea
03.05 - 03.25 pm
Dr. Jyotindra Jain Tradition of wall-painting in Kutch, Gujarat
03.25 - 04.30 pm
Moderator-led discussion and summing up of the seminar by Dr. M. D. Muthukumaraswamy
05.00 - 06.00 pm
Film screening: Epochs of Indian Art (Parts III and IV)
27 January 2008
Madras Craft Foundation with its museum and heritage center, DakshinaChitra In association with INTACH Indian Council of Conservation Institutes, Lucknow & Centre for Plants, People & Ecosystems, Chennai present
Content, Conservation, Communication Public Forum on the Conservation of Murals
Date: 27 January 2008 Time: 09.30 am - 01.30 pm Venue: Hotel GRT Grand, T. Nagar (Chennai) Gulmohar Hall, Convention Centre
09.30 - 10.00 am
Registration Fruit punch
10.00 - 10.10 am
Welcome By Dr. Deborah Thiagarajan President, Madras Craft Foundation
10.10 - 10.30 am
Opening remarks by Dr. O.P. Agrawal Director-General, INTACH Indian Council of Conservation Institutes, Lucknow
10.30 - 10.40 am
Tea, coffee, biscuits
10.40 - 11.10 am
Documentation of Nayak Murals in Tamil Nadu Presentation by CPPE Team Dr. D. Narasimhan & CPPE Team
11.10 - 11.30 am
Special Problems in the Conservation of Mural Paintings in Living Temples S. Subbaraman Honorary Advisor, INTACH Chitrakala Parishath Art Conservation Centre (ICKPAC) (Bangalore, India)
11.30 - 11.40 am
Observations & comments by HRCE & Temple Trustees
INTACH CASE STUDIES ON THE CONSERVATION OF WALL PAINTINGS
11.40 am - 12.00 pm
Conservation of Mural Paintings in Naalaknadu Palace, Coorg, Karnataka Madhurani K.P. Centre Coordinator, Chitrakalaparishath Art Conservation Centre (ICKPAC), Bangalore
12.00 - 12.20 pm
Brunch
12.20 - 12.40 pm
Case study of Conservation of a Wall Painting in Kerala Arvind Kumar Centre Coordinator, INTACH Mural Painting Conservation Research and Training Centre (Tripunithura, Kerala, India)
12.40 - 01.00 pm
Raghurajpur Village: A Case Study For Revival Of Traditional Orissan Mural Painting Skills Mallika Mitra Senior Conservator, INTACH Indian Conservation Institute - Orissa Art Conservation Centre (Bhubaneswar, India)
01.00 - 02.00 pm
ASI CASE STUDIES ON RECENT CONSERVATION WORKS ON WALL PAINTINGS Dr. V.S. Raghavendra Rao Archeological Survey of India - Science Branch, Hyderabad
V. Chandra Pandyan Archeological Survey of India - Science Branch, Chennai
02.00 - 02.10 pm
Q & A, suggestions for follow up to the seminar & forum & Concluding remarks Facilitated by Dr. O.P. Agrawal
Exhibitions at the Public Forum
Exhibition on Conservation of Mural Paintings in India By INTACH Indian Council of Conservation Institutes, Lucknow Curated by Ashok Kumar Pandey, Senior Scientist, INTACH Indian Conservation Institute, Lucknow
Exhibition of Nayak Mural Paintings By Centre for Plants, People & Ecosystems, Chennai
