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Arhat [3]: Kanakabharadvaja

 

 

Kanakabharadvaja

 

 

 

 

Arhat [2]: Kanakavatsa

 

 

Kanakavatsa

 

 

 

 

Arhat [1]: Pindolabharadvaja

 

 

Pindolabharadvaja

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Arts Research Center Annual Conference : When Is Art Research?

February 6, 9am-5pm

Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Free admission

When the Arts Research Center was established at UC Berkeley in 2001, its stated
goal was to "create a deeper appreciation within the academic community
of art-making as a vital form of research that both interprets and re-imagines
our world." This year's ARC conference will advance this mission by focusing
on what research means to practicing artists. Some questions that may be addressed
include:

• What constitutes research for the artist and what typical roles does it
  play in the finished product?


• What is the focus of the participating artists' inquiries/experiments/explorations?
  


• To what degree do they see what they're doing as contributing to an inquiry
  that others are also pursuing? Is their work "in conversation" with
  the work of others?


• To what degree do they find the term research useful or accurate in describing
  what they do? What are the term's limitations as applied to artists' work?
  


• For artists who operate within research universities, how does this environment
  and its definitions or expectations of research effect or modify their creative
  practice? Are there other "environmental" factors (for instance,
  the pressures of fundraising) that influence the role of research in an artist's
  work?


• Are there certain artistic media, techniques, or forms that are easier or
  more difficult to conceive as research? What is it about certain activities
  that makes them amenable to being perceived in this way?

Visual Arts as Research, 11:15am

Squeak Carnwath (panel chair), Professor in Residence, Art Practice, UC Berkeley

Greg Niemeyer, Assistant Professor, Art Practice/New Media, UC Berkeley

Anne Walsh, Assistant Professor, Art Practice, UC Berkeley

John Zurier, painter

Melissa Day, MFA candidate in Art Practice, UC Berkeley

 

 

 

 

16 Arhats

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/16 Arhats

 

 

[1] Angaja holds a fly whisk and incense bowl.	[2] Ajita has the head covered and the hands in the meditation mudra.	[3] Vanavasin with the mudra of explication and holding a fly whisk.	[4] Kalika holds a gold earring in each hand.
[5] Vajriputra with a fly whisk and hand gesture.	[6] Bhadra performs the mudras of explication and meditation.	[7] Kanakavatsa holds a jewel lasso in both hands.	[8] Kanaka Bharadvaja has both hands in meditation.
[9] Bakula holds a mongoose.	[10] Rahula holds a jewelled tiara.	[11] Chudapantaka has both hands in meditation.	[12] Pindola Bharadvaja holds a book and begging bowl.

 

 

 

 

4/16 Arhats