Holding Hands, Leaving Traces
Date: 3rd August 2024
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Venue: KCC 1st floor
At KCC Ramjhol 2.0, a festival celebrating the Rajasthani culture in Kolkata, KCC has arranged a talk on how we can understand the idea of 'touch' in Rajasthani paintings produced between 16th-19th centuries. How can touch help us think about the questions of gender, body, desire and playfulness? How does touch bring out the sensorial understandings of these paintings?
Known for their vibrant colors, undulating lines and magical themes, Rajasthani paintings offer a glimpse into the past in a myriad of ways. To understand their sensorial experiences and delve deeper, register for this talk by Vinit Vyas, an art historian and PhD scholar at the City University of New York whose research focuses on early modern South Asian art.
About the Speaker:
Vinit Vyas is a PhD scholar of Art History at City University of New York, and holds an MVA in Art History from Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. He works as a research consultant (with Mahima Champawat) for the forthcoming present Darbargadh Palace Museum, Rajkot, and has authored response texts on two Rajput paintings for the exhibition ‘Rhizome’, a curatorial proposition by Jesal Thacker, CSMVS, Mumbai. He has collaborated with graduate student Prathik Murali (University of Florida) in April 2023 on a report-project on select objects for Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida.
