23/05/2026
Seminar Presentation
Presented by – Ms. Fiona Sarkar
Student of Department of History of Art, 4th Semester, IIH
Topic 1: Aesthetics and Politics of Sanitation: A Study of Tiles in Interwar Calcutta
Topic 2: Psychological Agency and the Feminine Subject in the Works of Bikash Bhattacharjee
With these seminars, preoccupations were turned into substantial research attempts.
One paper explored the vivid green Japanese Majolica tiles of Kolkata, along with their history, politics, and aesthetics. The other examined how women stand in the paintings of Bikash Bhattacharjee, as he takes on the alleged “male gaze.”
One analytical, the other argumentative, both helped extend my views and abilities as a student of art history.
Date – 20/05/2026
Supervisor – Dr. Savita Kumari