INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL

is delighted to invite you to the

OPENING RECEPTION

of the

ERASING BORDERS 2008

EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART OF
THE INDIAN DIASPORA

Curated by Vijay Kumar
 
At the

QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART
Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, New York

Phone: 1718 592 9700  
SUNDAY OCTOBER 19, 3-6 PM.

ARTISTS: Amina Ahmed, Fariba Alam, Salma Arastu, Shelly Bahl, Siona Benjamin, Anna Bhushan,Bushra Chaudry, Bivas Chaudhuri, Nandini Chirimar, Mareena Waheeda Daredia, Delna Dastur, Vinod Dave, Anindita Dutta, Anujan Ezhikode, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Asha Ganpat, Arvind Garg, Mumtaz Hussain,Satish Joshi, Reeta Karmarkar, Swati Khurana, Vijay Kumar, Srinivas Kuruganti, Samanta Batra Mehta,Alakananda Mukerji, Pratima Naithani, Veru Narula, Kuzana Ogg, Antonio Puri, Niema Khan Qureshi, Alka Raghuram, Sukanya Rahman, Chirag Rana, Tara Sabharwal, Ela Shah, Reuben Sinha, Anjali Srinivasan,Suhas Tavkar, Prince Varughese Thomas, Yetish Yetish

4:00 PM There will be a Performance by Sudarshan Belsare
  
5:00 PM A Panel Discussion on The Position Of The Artist In A State Of Plurality
Since Duchamp, the world of art gained the ability to thoroughly improvise. This temperamental ability extends into both craft and concept within the art making process. Whereas once the artist was also the craftsperson, we cannot accept this as a given today; we merely think of it as a symptom of our pluralistic art-world. As that world has grown exponentially over the last 25 years, the extent and relevance of that plurality cannot be overstated. This talk will roam the interconnected territories of craft, concept and practice in reference to authorship, validity, and identitarianism in art making, and explore the relevance of the position of the artist in a state of plurality.
  
moderated by Andrew Mount
  
Panelists: Shelly Bahl, Asha Ganpat, Veru Narula,  Anjali Srinivasan, Prince Varughese Thomas
  
A poetry reading by Ashok Vyas
  
About the QMA: http://www.queensmuseum.org/index.htm
  
Directions: http://www.queensmuseum.org/information/directions.htm
  
Admission is free. Everyone is welcome.