The Indian Diaspora in British Arts: A one-day symposium

To coincide with our current striking exhibition ‘Amal Ghosh: Bridge’, the Broadway Gallery is hosting a unique, one-day symposium exploring the impact that artists of the Indian diaspora have had on contemporary British art. Through a series of presentations and discussions, symposium participants will delve into the history and practice of this fascinating area in the company of a panel of expert art historians, practising artists and researchers.

The symposium will explore several key areas of this rich and inspiring subject, including:

• The history of British Asian women artists from the 1980s, and how their work has been archived and historicised. This will include discussion of the work of artists including Zarina Bhimji, Sutapa Biswas, and Chila Kumari Burman.
• The importance of The Indian Painters Collective UK, which advocated for the representation and recognition of artists from the Subcontinent within Britain’s art establishment.

The Indian Diaspora in British Arts is produced with the support from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Timetable:

9:30 – Tea & Coffee * Opportunity to see ‘Amal Ghosh: Bridge’

10:00 – Paul Davey Introduction

10:15 – Marsha Ribeiro

11.00 – Q&A

11:15 – Speaker TBC

12:00 – Q&A

12:15 - Lunch

13:00 – Alice Correia

13:45 – Q&A

14:00 – Perminder Kaur

14:45 – Q&A

15:00 – Paul Davey Closing

Speakers (in alphabetical order)

Dr Alice Correia

Dr Alice Correia is a curator and art historian. She co-curated the major exhibition A Tall Order!: Rochdale Art Gallery in the 1980s at Touchstones, Rochdale Feb-May, 2023. Her edited anthology, What is Black Art? Writings on artists of African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage in Britain, 1981-1989, was published by Penguin in 2022, and her articles on Black and South Asian British artists have appeared in Art History; British Art Studies; and Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. She is Chair of Trustees of Third Text and co-Chair of the British Art Network’s Black British Art Research Group. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Decolonizing Arts Institute, University of the Arts, London, and is working on her book, South Asian Women Artists in Britain since 1980.

Permindar Kaur

Permindar Kaur's (b. Nottingham 1965) artistic practice extends over more than three decades during which time she has become one of Britain's most innovative artists. Known as much for her deft manipulation of materials including glass, metal, and fabric, as for her evocative exploration of home, childhood, memory and cultural identity, Kaur's practice defies easy categorisation. With its fastidious regard for scale and form, Kaur's work is both alluring and contemplative.

Marsha Ribeiro

Marsha Ribeiro is the daughter of the Indian Expressionist painter, Lancelot Ribeiro (1933-2010). As custodian of his artwork, writings and archive, she has dedicated herself to documenting Ribeiro’s contributions in the international art world. She has conceived exhibitions, events, publications and talks across the UK and India, collaborating with a range of museums, galleries and cultural organisations as well as partners from across the education sector.

Having written extensively on her father’s experimental artistic practice and his advocacy work for artists from the subcontinent, she is now writing his personal story, as told through his archive.