Erasing Borders 2009

I'm going to be in this show:

http://www.iaac.us/erasing_borders2009/index.htm

The opening is tomorrow at the Dowd Fine Art Gallery in Cortland, NY. Later it travels to several other venues:

INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL



in collaboration with



DOWD GALLERY




is delighted to present



IAAC ERASING BORDERS 2009

EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY INDIAN ART OF THE DIASPORA

OPENING RECEPTION

Sunday, March 1st 2009 2-5pm

DOWD GALLERY CORTLAND NY, Special Guest: Consul General of India Prabhu Dayal



Participating artists: Niyeti Chadha Kannal, Nandini Chirimar, Khalil Chishtee, Neil Chowdhury ,



Pritika Chowdhry,
Anjali Deshmukh, Anujan Ezhikode, Indira Freitas Johnson, Asha Ganpat, Ina Kaur,

Adil Mansuri,
Divya Mehra, Samanta Mehta Batra, Indrani Nayar Gall, Jagdish Prabhu, Antonio Puri,

Alka Raghuram, Gautam Rao,
Amin Rehman, Tara Sabharwal, Pallavi Sharma, Preet Srivastava,

Mumtaz Hussain,
Reeta Gidwani Karmarkar, Haresh Lalvani, Alakananda Mukerji, Veru Narula,


Prince Varughese Thomas



Curated by Vijay Kumar

About Dowd Gallery & Directions

State University of New York
College at Cortland,


Dowd Fine Arts Center, Room 162
Cortland, New York 13045

Exhibition Dates Feb 27 - April 30 There will be several public programs and events related to this exhibition, The exhibition will travel to other venues immediately after the Dowd Gallery.



Please see schedule for details.

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Gershwin Hotel hosts India Pop Art Festival

Here's an article about the Gershwin India Pop Festival in the Indian Star Online!

http://www.theindianstar.com/index.php?uan=10144

New York: The Gershwin Hotel and owner Suzanne Tremblay hosted New York India Pop from February 5-8. The cultural event showcased the vibrancy of pop art in an emerging market while also unveiling the new Kama Sutra Suite at the Gershwin Hotel.
Over 20 artists from India and the USA participated in the event.
Indie-rock group, Alms for Shanti headed by Uday Benegal with guest Naren Budhakar on tabla, and a dance performance by Sonalee Vyas Dance Company kicked off the celebration.
The art exhibition included James Banta, Neil Chowdhury and Asha Ganpat, while artists (Tara Misra, Kevin Robinson and Asha Ganpat) added their unique mark to the new Kama Sutra suite in the hotel. Actress Geeta Citygirl served as a host-emcee.
On Feb 6 at the Punjabi Punchlines Evening, comedians Dan Nainan, Vidur Kapur and Anu Kalra judged amateur comedians. On Feb 7, Mira Nair presented her 1996 movie Kama Sutra, The Tale Of Love followed by a Q&A where she discussed her work as a filmmaker.
The New York City Bhangra Club dancers led by Megha Kalia, with DJ Troy and Dhol player Madan Madi brought the packed house to their feet with their inspired performance.
The hotel's artist-in-residence program has assisted over 60 artists from around the world. Some of the more famous artists include Andy Warhol's Factory People.
In 2007, Suzanne Tremblay, owner of the Gershwin, organized a reunion for these superstars including Ultraviolet, Lou Reed, Eric Anderson, Mary Woronof, Susan Bond, Taylor Mead and Brigit Berlin.
The Gershwin Hotel also accepted voluntary donations to support the work of two organizations - Project Nanhi Kali www.nanhikali.org and the Polaris Project www.polarisproject.org.

Video about Alms for Shanti

They played at the Gershwin India Pop Festival where I showed my work this past month, along with many other artists of the Indian Diaspora. Watch carefully for the cameo appearance of me and my art!