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From Kitabkhana [Library] to Karkhana [Workshop]

Friday, September 10, 2021 - 10:00am

 

 

From Kitabkhana [Library] to Karkhana [Workshop]

The Arts of the Book in South Asia

Wolf Humanities Center

 

The contemporary art world has witnessed an explosion of interest in the book form, exemplified by Karkhana [Workshop] (2003-2005), a project in which six artists graduates of the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan modeled their work on the imperial Mughal kitabkhana (library). Taking its cue from such projects, this workshop examines art books and book arts in South Asia from 1100 C.E. to the present. Participants analyze the relationship of visuality, materiality, orality, and textuality in a society where “a painting was like the leaf of a book…not seen but read,” to quote art historian B.N. Goswamy.

Speakers include Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell), Sylvia Houghteling (Bryn Mawr), Sonal Khullar (University of Pennsylvania), Jinah Kim (Harvard), Yael Rice (Amherst), Holly Shaffer (Brown), Laura Weinstein (MFA Boston), and Anand Yang (University of Washington). Full panel list at registration link.


When: September 10, 2021 (Friday) / 10:00 am6:00 pm

 

 

Register Here: https://upenn.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yHOpMhj1QzKvW9ZP2ExwEA