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They will be in Chennai at .amethyst on the 1st of April for a conversation on Marg's recent volume On Painted Ground.

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We're excited to invite you to a panel discussion on Marg’s recent volume The Worlds of Jain Art: 17th to 21st Centuries.

The Many Worlds of Jain Art

New ideas, modes of performance and even new forms of religious practice are reflected in the styles of Jain art that emerged after the 17th century. Sonya Mace, the George P. Bickford Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Cleveland Museum of Art; Dipti Khera, Associate Professor in the Institute of Fine Arts and Department of Art History at New York University; and Shobha Telangala, Collections Consultant, Deccan Heritage Foundation, Mysore —three writers of the essays in this pioneering volume will be in conversation with Naman P. Ahuja, the General Editor of Marg and a professor of Art History at JNU, on which biographies and narratives of karma, rituals and spiritual quests seem to show continuities with older times and what the innovations reveal about the shifts in Jain tradition.

Join us on the 23rd of January at 6 PM at the L. D. Museum in Ahmedabad. Please make sure to register via the link in bio.
We hope to see you there!

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Find more in Marg’s recent volume The Worlds of Jain Art: 17th to 21st Centuries, edited by Phyllis Granoff and Nandita Punj. Find the volume through the link in our bio. Get your copy now!

Images:
“Karma Theory”, by Terapanthi monk Muni Sohan. This illustration addresses the repercussions of harming other beings for pleasure. The hunter from the first scene becomes hunted—the subject of torture in hell. Artwork on parchment paper; 28 x 13 cm. Collection of Sadhvi Madhur Rekha.
“Rebirth” by Terapanthi monk Muni Dulharaj. The image on the left illustrates a narrative from the Jnatadharmakatha, the story of an elephant who is reborn as Prince Megha; on the right is a depiction of King Shrenika’s encounter with an ascetic, from the Uttaradhyayana Sutra. Artwork on parchment paper; 28 x 13 cm. Collection of Sadhvi Kanak Shri.
“Who should be saved?”, anonymous artist. A diagram depicting the complexity of the principle of ahimsa and the equality of all life forms. Scanned from Kala, a special issue on art and craft.
"Who Are You With?”, by Terapanthi monk Muni Sohan. The four pots, despite receiving the same amount of water, retain varying quantities—an allegory for how the degree to which each individual remembers and practices the teachings they receive depends on their personal character. Artwork on parchment paper; 28 x 13 cm. Collection of Sadhvi Madhur Rekha.

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