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Preminda Jacob, professor of art history and theory at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County, discusses her new book, “Celluloid Deities,” and contemporary art in India. Learn about the enormous billboard portraits of popular stars and political figures that dominated Southern Indian during the second half of the 20th century. Teams of artists and apprentices would work in collaboration to produce these mega-portraits. Find out what influence these banners, as they are locally called, have had on contemporary art in India. Speaker(s):
Dr. Manil Suri, professor, Mathematics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; author
Dr. Preminda Jacob, associate professor, Art, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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