Posted at: Feb 6, 2018, 12:16 AM; last updated: Feb 6, 2018, 12:16 AM (IST)IT’S HAPPENING
B. N. Goswamy
Punjab Kala Parishad and Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi are organising Dr. M S Randhawa Memnorial Lecture by internationally acclaimed art historian and thinker Professor B. N. Goswamy, during the ongoing Dr. M. S. Randhawa Kala ate Sahit Utsav 2018 (Dr. M. S. Randhawa Arts and Literature Festival 2018) .Professor Goswamy will give an Audio Visual Presentation on the theme of Aspects of Time in Indian Painting: Kaala, Samay, Waqt on February 6 at 11.00 am at the Punjab Kala Bhawan, Rose Garden, Sector 16 B, Chandigarh.Professor BN Goswamy will also be conferred Punjab Gaurav Sanmaan by Punjab Arts Council for his distinguished contribution in the field of art.Professor Brijinder Nath Goswamy is India’s most distinguished art historian today. His work, in the areas of research and teaching, has influenced a whole generation of scholars active in the field. He has pioneered different ways of seeing, and thinking about, the art of the past, and established clear new paradigms in the area of art historical research. It is as a result of his ceaseless efforts that the Indian artist of the past has begun slowly to emerge from the dense fog of anonymity, and to be recognized as a thinking individual, capable of, and interested in, taking creative decisions.Prof Goswamy has been a visiting Professor to various prestigious Universities the world over and written numerous books on the subjects of Indian Art during a distinguished career of more than 60 years.Professor Brijinder Nath Goswamy is India’s most distinguished art historian today. His work, alike in the areas of research and teaching, has influenced a whole generation of scholars active in the field. He has pioneered different ways of seeing, and thinking about, the art of the past, and established clear new paradigms in the area of art historical research. It is as a result of his ceaseless efforts that the Indian artist of the past has begun slowly to emerge from the dense fog of anonymity, and to be recognized as a thinking individual, capable of, and interested in, taking creative decisions.Over all these years, Professor Goswamy has been continuously researching and writing. There is a major body of work on Indian art associated with his name. From among the more than twenty-five books he has written till now, a large number have become benchmarks, drawing significant national and international attention. Currently, Professor Goswamy is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab University, his alma mater. —TNS
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