July 25, 2013 9.30 – 10.30 Formal opening of the symposium Welcoming remarks by public officials 10.30 – 12.30 Symposium session Professor Lokesh Chandra (India, Delhi) "Buddhist art: internalization and innovation" Robert Beer (Great Britain, Oxford) “Contemporary Newari art of the Kathmandu Valley: influences and innovations” Olga Urozhenko (Russia, Ekaterinburg; Ural Federal University) “The search for a new identity in contemporary Buddhist art images: through innovations to tradition” Doctor Margarita Albedil (Russia, St. Petersburg; Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences) “Buddhist art: on the nature of perception” 12.30 – 13.20 Discussion 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch 15.00 – 17.30 Symposium session Aryuna Balzhurova (Russia, Ulan-Ude; National Museum of the Republic of Buriatia) “The ‘canon’ and the ‘lubok’ in Buryat thangka-painting” Yulia Elikhina (Russia, St. Petersburg; State Hermitage) “Some works of contemporary Buddhist art in the Hermitage collection” Viktoria Demenova (Russia, Ekaterinburg; Ural Federal University) “Thangkas by contemporary Buddhist master Pahmetov A.G: from new technologies to new imagery” Doctor Barry Kerzin (USA) “New technologies and techniques in the creation of contemporary Buddhist art works” 17.30 – 18.30 Discussion July 26, 2013 10.00 – 12.30 Symposium session Professor Nirmala Sharma (India, Delhi; International Academy of Indian Culture) “Restoration of Buddhist art and practices in India” Robert Beer (Great Britain; Oxford) “Iconography of the frescoes of the Mindrolling Stupa in Dehradun, India” Ludmila Milanova Klasanova (Bulgaria, Sofia; University of Sofia) “Traditions and novations in the creation of Tibetan thangka paintings” Svetlana Bardaleeva (Russia, Ulan-Ude; National Museum of the Republic of Buriatia) “Traditions of the school of S.-Ts. Tsybikov and their influence on contemporary masters” 12.30 – 13.20 Discussion 15.00 – 16.00 Discussion; passing the symposium resolution 16.10 – 17.00 Press conference |