The Indo-American Arts Council’s 8th Annual Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian art of the Diaspora features work by 43 artists whose origins can be traced to the Indian subcontinent. This group of multinational and intergenerational artists, chosen by Vijay Kumar, reflects a broad range of life experiences and aesthetic values. The artists interpret diverse subject matter—figurative, abstract and conceptual—in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, video, sculpture and installation. The resulting works often meld Indian and Western ideas about color, form and subject.
Twenty million people of Indian origin shifted countries in the 20th and 21st centuries. Implicit in the term Diaspora are the concepts of change and adaptation. Cultural dislocation can produce unexpected and powerful results. Subject matter is often drawn from the country of origin, while many of the artistic decisions and political concerns come from the artists’ newfound situations. Artists of the South Asian Diaspora are working to make themselves heard in an art world that is at once more competitive and more receptive to non-Western art than ever before. This exhibition seeks to transcend the borders that confine and control preconceived definitions of Indian and Western art.
The exhibition features work by Fasihu Ahsan, Mohammed Bari, Samanta Batra Mehta, Fareen Butt, Amita Chatterjee, Sonia Chaudhary, Nandini Chirimar, Neil Chowdhury, Uday K Dhar, Reet Das, Delna Dastur, Anjali Deshmukh, Anujan Ezhikode, Aaliyah Gupta, Mansoora Hassan, Mumtaz Hussain, Tehniyet Hussain, Samina Iqbal, Nidhi Jalan, Sunita Jariwala-Gajjar, Reeta Gidwani - Karmarkar, Kulvinder Kaur Dhew, Aamir Khan Tarin , Srinivas Krishna, Shaurya Kumar , Shobha Menon, Rahul Mitra, Indrani Nayar-Gall, Kuzana Ogg, Avani Patel, Minna Philips, Antonio Puri, Talha Rathore, Rasika Reddy, Sangeeta Reddy, Pinku Roy-Bari, Tara Sabharwal, Satyakam Saha, Pallavi Sharma, Sara Suleman , Roshani Thakore , MD Tokon, Prince Varughese Thomas.
The renowned Indian artist Natvar Bhavsar will be included as the guest artist to the exhibition.
Curators Bio:
Vijay Kumar has curated all the annual Erasing Borders exhibitions bar one. Vijay studied art at Triveni Kala Sangam in New Delhi, and at Pratt Graphics Center in NYC. He has showcased his drawings, prints and paintings in the U.S. and abroad. Vijay has worked extensively in printmaking techniques and currently teaches etching at Manhattan Graphics Center in NYC, where he was a founding member. His work is featured in many permanent collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the New York Public Library (all in NYC), the William Benton Museum of Art in Storrs, Connecticut, the National Gallery of Art in New Delhi, and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK. In 2002, his work received the highest prize in an exhibition of prints by the Royal Society or Painters and Printmakers in London.
Participating Artists' bios and images of their artwork:
Fareen Butt
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/fareen_butt/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/fareen_butt/artwork.htm
Neil Chowdhury
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/neil_chowdhury/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/neil_chowdhury/artwork.htm
Uday K Dhar
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/uday_k_dhar/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/uday_k_dhar/artwork.htm
Anjali Deshmukh
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/anjali_deshmukh/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/anjali_deshmukh/artwork.htm
Tehniyet Hussain
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/tehniyet_hussain/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/tehniyet_hussain/artwork.htm
Samina Iqbal
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/samina_iqbal/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/samina_iqbal/artwork.htm
Aamir Khan Tarin
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/aamir_khan_tarin/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/aamir_khan_tarin/artwork.htm
Shaurya Kumar
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/shaurya_kumar/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/shaurya_kumar/artwork.htm
Shobha Menon
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/shobha_menon/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/shobha_menon/artwork.htm
Rahul Mitra
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/rahul_mitra/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/rahul_mitra/artwork.htm
Indrani Nayar Gall
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/indrani_nayar_gall/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/indrani_nayar_gall/artwork.htm
Kuzana Ogg
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/kuzana_ogg/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/kuzana_ogg/artwork.htm
Avani Patel
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/avani_patel/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/avani_patel/artwork.htm
Rasika Reddy
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/rasika_reddy/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/rasika_reddy/artwork.htm
Pinku Roy-Bari
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/pinku_roy_bari/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/pinku_roy_bari/artwork.htm
Roshani Thakore
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/roshani_Thaokre/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/roshani_Thaokre/artwork.htm
MD Tokon
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/md_tokon/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/md_tokon/artwork.htm
Antonio Puri
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/antonio_puri/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/antonio_puri/artwork.htm
Fasth U Ahsan
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/fasih_u_ahsan/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/fasih_u_ahsan/artwork.htm
Mansoora Hassan
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/mansoora_hassan/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/mansoora_hassan/artwork.htm
Mhammed Bari
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/mhammed_bari/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/mhammed_bari/artwork.htm
Minna Philips
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/minna_philips/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/minna_philips/artwork.htm
Nidhi Jalan
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/nidhi_jalan/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/nidhi_jalan/artwork.htm
Pallavi Sharma
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/pallavi_sharma/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/pallavi_sharma/artwork.htm
Prince Varughese Thomas
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/prince_varughese_thomas/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/prince_varughese_thomas/artwork.htm
Reet Das
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/reet_das/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/reet_das/artwork.htm
Delna Dastur
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/delna_dastur/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/delna_dastur/artwork.htm
Reeta Gidwani Karmarkar
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/reeta_gidwani_karmarkar/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/reeta_gidwani_karmarkar/artwork.htm
Samanta Batra Mehta
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/samanta_batra_mehta/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/samanta_batra_mehta/artwork.htm
Sangeeta Reddy
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sangeeta_reddy/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sangeeta_reddy/artwork.htm
Sara Suleman
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sara_suleman/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sara_suleman/artwork.htm
Sonia Chaudhary
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sonia_chaudhary/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sonia_chaudhary/artwork.htm
Sunita Jariwala-Gajjar
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sunita_jariwala%E2%80%93Gajjar/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/sunita_jariwala%E2%80%93Gajjar/artwork.htm
Talha Rathore
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/talha_rathore/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/talha_rathore/artwork.htm
Tara Sabharwal
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/tara_sabharwal/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/tara_sabharwal/artwork.htm
Satyakam_Saha
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/satyakam_saha/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/satyakam_saha/artwork.htm
Mumtaz Hussain
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/mumtaz_hussain/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/mumtaz_hussain/artwork.htm
Nandini Chirimar
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/nandini_chirimar/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/nandini_chirimar/artwork.htm
Anjali Deshmukh
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/anjali_deshmukh/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/anjali_deshmukh/artwork.htm
Anujan Ezhikode
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/anujan_Ezhikode/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/anujan_Ezhikode/artwork.htm
Kulvinder Kaur Dhew
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/kulvinder_kaur_dhew/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/kulvinder_kaur_dhew/artwork.htm
Srinivas Krishna
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/srinivas_krishna/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/srinivas_krishna/artwork.htm
Amita Chatterjee
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/amita_c/bio.htm
http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders_2011/amita_c/artwork.htm
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