Indo-American Arts Council, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora
All media are invited to attend the Opening Reception at the Hammon Museum July 11th 1-3 pm. Please contact ramneek.iaac@gmail.com to RSVP, for images, for further information and contacts of each of the artists. June 2015: The Indo American Arts Council (IAAC) is proud to present the Twelfth annual IAAC Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Art of the Diaspora curated by Vijay Kumar. This group exhibition explores and draws from the experiences of artists whose origins can be traced to the Indian subcontinent. Cultural dislocation often produces unexpected and profound results; memory collides with exile, culture engages with adaptation to understand the powerful and often disturbing concepts of change and assimilation. The artists confront issues of sexuality, terror, disease and multiple identities to weave together existence in a globalized context while subject matter is often drawn from the country of origin, many of the aesthetic values and political concerns come from the artists' newfound situations. The result deserves a new "ism", a new journey to an old destination. In the past the exhibition has been successfully exhibited at Aicon Gallery, NY, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Flushing Town Hall, The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, The Charles Wang Center, The Queen’s Museum of Art in New York and myriad other museums and galleries. Leveraging the momentum for Indian art, this year’s group exhibition is slated to travel all across the greater New York area, starting at the fabulous Flushing Town Hall, then moving to the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (WAH Center) and the Hammond Museum among other venues. The 33 participating contemporary artists interpret diverse subject matter-figurative, abstract and conceptual-in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, prints, photographs, etchings, sculpture and installation The exhibition features works by 33 talented South Asian contemporary artists including: Alka Dalal, Alka Mukerji, Anna Bradfield, Anujan Ezhikode, Aparajita Sen, Arun Prem, Bivas Chaudhuri, Delna Dastur,Gautam Rao, George Oomen, Indrani Nayar-Gall, MD Tokon, Mumtaz Hussain Nachiketa Amin, Nandita Raman, Nipun Manda, Padmini Mongia, Parul Mehra, Radhika Mathews, Rahul Mehra, Reet Das, Reeta Gidwani Karmarkar, Renuka Khanna, Rochana Dubey, Sana Nandakarni, Sejal Krishnan, Shanthi Chandrasekar, Sunil Garg, Tara Sabharwal, Tarik Currimbhoy, Tulika Ladsariya, Veru Narula, Viraj Mithani Opening Reception at Hammond Museum : Saturday, July 11th 2015 from 1-3 pm Dates: June 24th - September 12th 2015 Hammond Museum, 8 Deveau Road\| North Salem, NY 10560-2115

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary
Indian Art of the Diaspora

All media are invited to attend the Opening Reception. Please contact ramneek.iaac@gmail.com to rsvp, for images, for further information and contacts of each of the artists.

May 2015: The Indo American Arts Council (IAAC) is proud to present the Twelfth annual IAAC Erasing Borders Exhibition of Contemporary Art of the Diaspora curated by Vijay Kumar. This group exhibition explores and draws from the experiences of artists whose origins can be traced to the Indian subcontinent. Cultural dislocation often produces unexpected and profound results; memory collides with exile, culture engages with adaptation to understand the powerful and often disturbing concepts of change and assimilation. The artists confront issues of sexuality, terror, disease and multiple identities to weave together existence in a globalized context while subject matter is often drawn from the country of origin, many of the aesthetic values and political concerns come from the artists' newfound situations. The result deserves a new "ism", a new journey to an old destination.

In the past the exhibition has been successfully exhibited at Aicon Gallery, NY, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Flushing Town Hall, The Hammond Museum, The Charles Wang Center, The Queen’s Museum of Art in New York and myriad other museums and galleries.

Leveraging the momentum for Indian art, this year’s group exhibition is slated to travel all across the greater New York area, starting at the fabulous Flushing Town Hall, then moving to the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (WAH Center) and the Hammond Museum among other venues.

The 33 participating contemporary artists interpret diverse subject matter-figurative, abstract and conceptual-in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, prints, photographs, etchings, sculpture and installation

The exhibition features works by 33 talented South Asian contemporary artists including:

Alka Dalal, Alka Mukerji, Anna Bradfield, Anujan Ezhikode, Aparajita Sen, Arun Prem, Bivas Chaudhuri, Delna Dastur, Gautam Rao, George Oommen, Indrani Nayar-Gall, MD Tokon, Mumtaz Hussain Nachiketa Amin, Nandita Raman, Nipun Manda, Padmini Mongia, Parul Mehra, Radhika Mathews, Rahul Mehra, Reet Das, Reeta Gidwani Karmarkar, Renuka Khanna, Rochana Dubey, Sana Nandakarni, Sejal Krishnan, Shanthi Chandrasekar, Sunil Garg, Tara Sabharwal, Tarik Currimbhoy, Tulika Ladsariya, Veru Narula, Viraj Mithani

Opening Reception at WAH Center: Saturday, May 30th 2015 from 4-6 pm
Dates: May 30th - June 21st 2015
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, 135 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211

About The Indo-American Arts Council: The Indo-American Arts Council is a registered 501(c)3 not-for-profit, secular service and resource arts organization charged with the mission of promoting and building the awareness, creation, production, exhibition, publication and performance of Indian and cross-cultural art forms in NorthAmerica. It is passionate about showcasing, celebrating and building an awareness of artists and artistic disciplines of Indian origin in the performing, literary, visual and folk arts. For further information please visit .

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