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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's South Asia Center welcomes Geraldine F
 orbes\, professor emerita from the State University of New York at Oswego.
 Researching 19th-century Positivism in Bengal and then Indian women who jo
 ined politics and social work in the 1920s and 30s\, Frobes was introduced
  to the&nbsp\;patuas&nbsp\;of Medinipur in the late 1970s. The first scrol
 ls she encountered featured religious stories but\, by the 1980s\, some of
  the artists had been commissioned to comment on women’s issues. Along wit
 h scrolls that featured religious topics\, Forbes collected&nbsp\;pats&nbs
 p\;on dowry and the abuse of women. By the early 2000s\, more sophisticate
 d collectors urged her to acquire&nbsp\;pats&nbsp\;on historical events an
 d&nbsp\;the work of master painters. The extraordinary paintings done in 2
 001 and 2002 of&nbsp\;9/11 sparked my interest in how the&nbsp\;patuas&nbs
 p\;were representing contemporary issues.Over the years the artists have r
 esponded to&nbsp\;consumer demands by&nbsp\;switching from painting scroll
 s to&nbsp\;producing trays\, cups\, kettles\, umbrellas\, vases\, saris\, 
 scarves\, and fans featuring images from traditional scrolls.&nbsp\;In thi
 s talk\, Forbes will reflect on what she acquired over four decades and ho
 w the&nbsp\;subjects\, gender\, and medium of the artists have changed.
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SUMMARY:Geraldine Forbes | Bengali Pats / Story Scrolls: My Collection
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute's South Asia Center 
 welcomes Geraldine Forbes\, professor emerita from the State University of
  New York at Oswego.</p><p>Researching 19th-century Positivism in Bengal a
 nd then Indian women who joined politics and social work in the 1920s and 
 30s\, Frobes was introduced to the&nbsp\;<em>patuas</em><em>&nbsp\;</em>of
  Medinipur in the late 1970s. The first scrolls she encountered featured r
 eligious stories but\, by the 1980s\, some of the artists had been commiss
 ioned to comment on women’s issues. Along with scrolls that featured relig
 ious topics\, Forbes collected&nbsp\;<em>pats</em>&nbsp\;on dowry and the 
 abuse of women. By the early 2000s\, more sophisticated collectors urged h
 er to acquire&nbsp\;<em>pats</em>&nbsp\;on historical events and&nbsp\;the
  work of master painters. The extraordinary paintings done in 2001 and 200
 2 of&nbsp\;9/11 sparked my interest in how the&nbsp\;<em>patuas</em><em>&n
 bsp\;</em>were representing contemporary issues.</p><p>Over the years the 
 artists have responded to&nbsp\;consumer demands by&nbsp\;switching from p
 ainting scrolls to&nbsp\;producing trays\, cups\, kettles\, umbrellas\, va
 ses\, saris\, scarves\, and fans featuring images from traditional scrolls
 .&nbsp\;In this talk\, Forbes will reflect on what she acquired over four 
 decades and how the&nbsp\;subjects\, gender\, and medium of the artists ha
 ve changed.</p>
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