The Indo-American Arts Council presents ‘Erasing Borders’

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 inter-generational artists, chosen by curator 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. This traveling exhibition is presented as part of Asian Contemporary Art Week 2011. The curator elaborates to say, “We’re able to showcase work by established artists, as well as introduce work by new young talent to a wider audience. It has been my great privilege to be part of this ever-widening community of artists from the Diaspora.”

Among the participating artists are including: 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, and Prince Varughese Thomas.

Timeline for IAAC Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora 2011 is as follows:

Queens Museum of Art
NYC Building, NY 11368
Exhibition dates: March 19 - April 10, 2011.

Charles B. Wang Center
Stony Brook University, New York.
Exhibition dates: April 23-May 27, 2011

Aicon Gallery,
35 Great Jones St, NYC
Exhibition dates: August 16-September 3, 2011

Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Ct.
Exhibition Dates: September 19 - December 9, 2011

This year the IAAC is introducing the ‘Artist of the Year Award’ to recognize a young Diaspora artist who displays exceptional talent and creative potential,.

(Information courtesy: The Indo-American Arts Council, New York, NY)