Gandhi Giri

F-213/B, Old MB Road, Lado Sarai, New Delhi-110030 T: 011-46604128, 41602545

For Enquiries contact our co-ordinator Ankita Gopal Mb: 9953520170 E-mail: ankitagopal@bcah.in

A solo exhibition as a tribute to the father of the nation, on the eve of his

commemorative day to take a closer look at today’s India of post-Gandhi era

Curated by Archana B Sapra

1st - 30th October, 2010

Mondays to Saturdays, 11 am to 7 pm on working days

DastkarA Society for Crafts & Craftspeople website: www.bcah.in

by Gopal Swami Khetanchi

Gandhi Giri

Dear Friends,

Greetings from Art Positive - a unit of Bajaj Capital Art House !We are delighted to bring this special exhibition of new works on Mahatma Gandhi by Gopal Swami Khetanchi.

When I first saw Khetanchi’s new series of paintings on Gandhi, what struck me most was the tenderness with which he has portrayed a complex subject. Several artists have used Gandhiji as their muse, but what sets this artist apart is how he demystifies the context in which he portrays the Father of the Nation. The paintings replete with images of an India quite different from what Gandhiji would have wanted, executed with a touch of finesse and sensitivity, speak of Khetanchi’s deft craftsmanship as an artist. Contemplative and subtle in its approach, Khetanchi’s work creates a harmonious balance between the notions of ‘what is’ and ‘what could have been’ and ‘what can be’. I would like to thank Laila Tyabji and Dastkar- working with and for crafts and crafts people- for joining us and supporting this special exhibition. Dastkar have taken a commendable lead in supporting the communities and groups working in handloom and handicrafts, in every corner of the country, helping them re-design and enhance their traditional skills, materials, production systems, techniques and distribution networks responding to contemporary life style and for their self reliance. To create handmade products that they can sell for self sustenance - an idea very close to Mahatma Gandhi’s heart. And to take Gandhi ji’s ideology of simplicity and sustainable development forward we are delighted to also have creative group with Ela -essentially an organic clothing line, paired down to modern essentials-pure and clean, presenting a sample display of their creations during the inauguration.

On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, Art Positive together with Gopal Swami Khetanchi is happy to contribute a part of the proceeds from the sale of works in the exhibition to Dastkar in support of their commendable work with crafts and craftspeople. And we take great pleasure in presenting this show with the hope that we can all remember and reflect on Bapu’s ideals that he stood for and lived with, and work to put some of them into practice ourselves.

Jai Ho!

Anu BajajDirector, Art Positive

October, 2010

Gandhi-Giri Revisited in the Art of Gopal Swami Khetanchi

The solo exhibition of a new series of about 20 art works by Gopal Swami Khetanchi, is his tribute to the Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Opening on Gandhi Jayanti, the eve of the Mahatma’s commemorative day, the exhibition attempts to take a closer look at Gandhian principles in today’s India of post-Gandhi era. Where does the country stand vis-à-vis Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of an independent India, free not only from the British Imperial rule or domination but also from poverty and hardships for the people? These are some of the issues that the collection of oil on canvas paintings and an installation seem to explore.

But who is the artist and where and how comes his engagement with Gandhi’s philosophy? Jaipur based Khetanchi, as he is popularly known, following his graduation in drawing and painting from the University of Rajasthan worked in Mumbai as an assistant art director for feature films and then as an illustrator for a fortnightly magazine before taking to his independent art practice. An inborn impulse for art coupled with his varied exposure and travels from sand dunes of the Thar region to Mumbai’s glamour world, have impacted on his artistic genre that comes in a fine assimilation of tradition and modernity meandering through various phases and styles including realism, surrealism and abstraction. Until recently, his art, possibly inspired by Ravi Varma and influenced by the miniature school of painting, appeared inundated with petite feminine imagery evocative of love, grandeur and an old world charm in refined texture and a rich palette. Adoring a beautiful and contemplative appearance in myriad different ways and posturing, it includes ‘Tribute to Masters’ series where he recreates European figures of art historical importance as Indian persona with distinct embellishments in his own style. While ‘Mahakal’ in a surrealist mode and subtle palette re-images the disastrous draught and famine of Rajasthan with a sensitive touch, ‘Shringar’ canvases in a frontal stage like view and more exuberant mode and bright colours feature fulsome sensuous female beauties adorning sixteen different ornamentations with a touch of grace, romance and royalty. The innovative artist then moves onto another arena as he revisits historical monuments and majestic palaces in ‘Dharohar’ series to document them for posterity, exhibiting the different series in shows across India.

The artist’s long and eventful journey of discovery and stylistic flitting, from one genre to the other and one theme to another, illustrates his dexterity in applying his creative abilities to diverse arenas that engage his mindscape with free abundance. The common running thrust though, in all of Khetanchi’s work continues to be the relationship

between man and woman, society and the surrounding environment, which has won him much critical acclaim and financial gains. And it is this streak that seems to have brought about this change of heart to take him onto a new track around Gandhian ideology, away from pure figuration into somewhat conceptual representation and experimentation with a different palette and imaging.

And what is the essence of Gandhian philosophy, how does he explore it and how relevant is it today? As is well known, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 to 30 January 1948), revered as Mahatma, Bapu, Father of the Nation and pre-eminent political and spiritual leader during India’s independence movement who pioneered Satyagraha or the notion and practice of resistance through mass civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement, spearheaded a philosophy rooted in the principle of ahimsa or total nonviolence. Starting his struggle against apartheid and for equality and civil rights while practicing law in South Africa, he

returned to lead India’s struggle for Swaraj, independence from British rule. He inspired movement for civil rights and freedom not only in India but across the world and his birthday 2 October, is commemorated internationally as a day of nonviolence. Given his nationwide leadership of the ‘Quit India movement’ and ‘Dandi Salt March’ that attracted mass participation, he got jailed on more than one occasion. But Gandhi continued to champion his campaigns for eradication of poverty, un-touch-ability, seeking equal rights for women, religious and ethnic harmony, economic self-reliance and respect for labour. To what extent and how does all this fit in with today’s strife ridden India and globalised, or is it homogenized, world? How can nonviolence help deal with all pervasive violence terrorism and commercialization in fractured society of this day and age?

Though art may not offer direct answers to these questions or immediate solutions to current social problems, it does help bring them into focus. By making one think, art can cast new light on relevant issues as is illustrated through this suite of oil on canvas paintings presenting a contrasting picture of shining India and whining Bharat. Revisiting Gandhi-giri, which as an ideology or theme, “has been close to my heart for some time now”, says the artist having spent last couple of years reading, researching and searching for the essence of Gandhi’s message, his principles, writing and teachings and their relevance in contemporary context. Powered with depth rather than decorativeness the finely executed work is engaging and thought provoking, resonating well with issues close to Gandhian thought. On his shift from delightfully pleasant and complacent popular figuration to a distinctly different creative track, conceptually more challenging and in a socio political domain, the artist declares, “It is my reading of Gandhi’s

philosophy and the difference between India and Bharat that I see all around, which make up my canvases in the series.”

The exhibition looks back to look forward as it re-thinks Gandhian thought, mostly relegated to high brow coffee table discussions or academic research until recently when it entered a more popular domain with Bollywood blockbuster ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’. Though in a somewhat circuitous way, it successfully demonstrated that Gandhi’s values of truth and love can melt even hard headed hearts. If satyagrah or non co-operation movement could result in swaraj -freedom of the nation from foreign yolks, with patience it can certainly be effectively applied in current mainstream contemporary situations. The exhibits speak for opening of doors and inclusion of the deprived and marginalized in our collective mind frame and official policy making process as espoused by the Mahatma over six decades earlier, in an attempt to rid society of prevalent divisiveness.

The works offer an overview of today’s India- modern fast moving busy rich and IT savvy, juxtaposed against a parallel picture of struggling farmers, marginalized and disadvantaged communities that inhabit the hinterland Bharat. Bringing Gandhiji in the foreground of the frame, scantily dressed in his trademark own hand spun khadi dhoti and shawl and looking somewhat lost, Khetanchi creates under layers of narratives in watermarks like impressions that feature busily engrossed people struggling for their bare survival adding a depth and meaning to the work. Gandhi who ate vegetarian food and advocated modesty truth and self reliance, is shown playing and fondling children in some canvases while in others he is busily engaged in spinning weaving and working on his charkha. He is seen to espouse the cause of communal harmony looking around pensively in another painting to gauge where the society stands today while in ‘India of villages’ he gazes at people he loved and sacrificed his life for pursuing their dreary daily routine to make ends meet. The three monkeys that advocated ‘see no evil hear no evil speak no evil’ are now seen engaged in a play of money hinting at rampant corruption unmindful of the Gandhian principles that are seen no longer relevant in the fast moving consumerist ethos of today’s India. The artist also draws the viewers’ attention to the disparity urging one to rethink and correct the lop-sided notion of development and naïve government policies of un-mindful urbanization in work titled ‘Urban Slums’. ‘Spinning alive’ and handloom’ and ‘Gender bender’ speak for handicrafts, people of rural India, women, child welfare and communal harmony within Gandhi’s vision of ‘Sarvodaya’ away from party politics. The triptych ‘Games of the Commonwealth’ is themed

around the ongoing commonwealth games that have savored enormous national resources whilst common people remain deprived even of their basic needs for shelter, food and health. The elusiveness of wealth where it is needed most makes a double edged statement to recall the missing Gandhi spirit.

The artist follows a diligent process for each of his creations. A period of thinking and meditation is followed by research and, in this case, readings on Gandhi and his ideology. The compositions are first planned on computer using photoshop. Then he begins to translate the idea by drawing and sketching and painting the imagery on the canvas, initially with pencil, then 2 or 3 layers of oil colour to bring out the bold parts with others sections in the background, using no acrylic or digital print. The work addresses cultural divide between rural and urban India and people’s needs for education, health, employment and harmony currently missing in the society. To appreciate the nuances of his renderings fully one needs to look beneath the surface of fine and serene imagery where the Mahatma is featured benevolently looking at today’s India standing at the cross roads trying to come to terms with its own duality. Gandhi’s call for peaceful coexistence irrespective of caste, creed, race, religion,

gender, color or riches seems truer today as reflected in the series. Shown in the light of strife ridden world where human endeavor is getting diverted and wasted in destructive activities rather than fruitful co-operation, Gandhi’s values and ideals that he practiced and not simply preached seem more urgent now. Gandhi’s vision, his wisdom, humour and the warmth of his soul are evoked in these lovingly hand painted brushstrokes executed with dexterity. They represent the artist’s respect for crafts and craftspeople integral for Gandhi’s vision of India. The provocation in his works seems timely, as Gandhi ji’s dreams are recalled, goading the viewer to contemplate and initiate some corrective action in support of equality and the notion of Vasudeva Kutumukam challenging the notion of what art stands for or where or how creativity impacts on our lives.

Sushma Bahl with inputs from Archana B Sapra

Children are the father of the nation, not me | Oil on Canvas | 42” x 42”

Communal harmony please! | Oil on Canvas | 60” x 96”

Empower the women to empower the nation | Oil on Canvas | 48” x 60”

Gender bender | Oil on Canvas | 39” x 48”

Happy children happy Gandhi | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 42”

Games of the commonwealth & the charkha | Oil on Canvas | 72” x 180” (triptych)

Spinning Alive | Oil on Canvas | 42” x 42”

India of Village | Oil on Canvas | 42” x 42”

Spirit of Gandhi | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 36”

Power of the loom & handmade | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 48”

Innocence | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 36”

The three monkeys | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 48”

Stand up against social evils | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 48”

Urban Slums | Oil on Canvas | 42” x 42”

In search of truth | Oil on Canvas | 36” x 48”

Who cares for the old & helpless ? | Oil on Canvas | 48” x 72”

Gandhigiri | Fibreglass | 60” x 42” x 42”

Portrait - 1 | Oil on Canvas | 24” x 18” Portrait - 2 | Oil on Canvas | 24” x 18”

Portrait - 3 | Oil on Canvas | 20” x 16” Portrait - 4 | Oil on Canvas | 20” x 16”

The Artist

Gopal Swami ‘Khetanchi’ born 1968 in a small village in the culturally soaked surroundings of North Rajasthan, completed his graduation in Drawing and Painting from University of Rajasthan in Jaipur and later worked as an assistant art director for Mr. Mazoor-ul-Haq in Mumbai for feature films and then as an illustrator for a fortnightly magazine before turning to his passion as a full time painter. Khetanchi’s art has journeyed through various phases and styles including realism, surrealism and abstraction, and comes in a fine assimilation of tradition and modernity. More recently he has moved away from pure figuration into somewhat conceptual renderings, experimenting with a different palette and imaging.

Khetanchi has been passionately practicing his art since the last 20 years with several exhibitions to his credit. The artist’s works have been exhibited in many solo and group shows at different galleries covering New Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai, as well as in London & Singapore amongst others. His works are in various important private and corporate collections in India and overseas.

The artist lives and works from his studio in Jaipur.

Solo Exhibitions2010 – Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur 2008 – La Galleria Pall Mall, London 2008 – Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, London2008 – Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur 2007 – Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2006 – Museum Gallery, Mumbai 2006 – Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur 2005 – Nehru Centre, Mumbai 2005 – Rajputana shereton, Jaipur 2004 – Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur 2003 – Rabindra Bhavan, L.K.A., New Delhi2003 – Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur 2002 – Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur 1998 – Hotel Park Royal, New Delhi

Group Exhibitions2009 – Art Mart, Epicentre, Gurgaon2008 – Artscape, Epicentre, Gurgaon2007 – Art Fair, Singapore2003 – Dhoomimal Art Gallery, New Delhi 2000 – Art Today, New Delhi 1999 – Art Today, New Delhi

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Dastkar

Khetanchi Gandhi Exhibition at ART POSITIVE Gallery

“True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind”, said Gandhiji. His words could not be more apt than in this exhibition.

Gopal Swami ‘Khetanchi’, the well known Jaipur artist, has painted a new series of works based on Gandhiji, and inspired by Gandhi’s message and teachings in the context of today’s world. About 20 of these large works are being exhibited at the Art Positive Gallery in Lado Sarai, from Oct 1 till Oct 30 2010. The paintings are powerful and thought-provoking. As one looks beyond the surface one sees Gandhi’s India - the people and country he loved and cared for so deeply. One sees the beauty of women and children, the colour and vibrancy of the Indian street and village, the struggle, violence, and pain of everyday existence, the vision he had for the nation.... One also sees the gentle wisdom, humour and warmth of Gandhi himself, implicit in each loving brushstroke. Khetanchi must have been remembering Gandhi’s own words, “To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.”

I am touched that Gopal Swami Khetanchi and the Art Positive Gallery have dedicated a portion of the proceeds of the exhibition to Dastkar, an organisation that has been working with crafts and craftspeople for the last 3 decades, reaching out to over 30,000 artisans in 18 states all over India, and helping them use their traditional skills as a means of empowerment and earning. We strongly believe in craft as a powerful economic, aesthetic and cultural force. Our work echoes Gandhi’s words, “A country remains poor in wealth, both materially and intellectually, if it does not develop its handicrafts and its industries.”

Craft and craftspeople were integral to Gandhiji’s vision of India. The spinning and weaving of khadi, the skills of the potter, the age-old traditions of leatherwork, basketry, metal ware, bookbinding, were part of the skill sets and knowledge systems he felt India was forgetting, but which could unite it into a dynamic and unique economy and culture, breaking down not only dependence on the industrialised West, but our own hierarchical barriers of caste and creed in the process. To him craft was a knowledge system which incorporated the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Swadeshi was the centrepiece of the Swaraj movement. As he said, “Charkha is the symbol of the nation’s prosperity and therefore freedom. Every revolution of the wheel spins peace, goodwill and love.”

Gopal Swami Khetanchi’s work transmutes an intense feeling and understanding of Gandhi and India; it is equally appropriate that it also supports handicraft and the ideals that Gandhiji so passionately espoused.

LAILA TYABJI, Chairperson, DASTKAR Society for Crafts & Craftspeople.

Art Positive

A Unit of Bajaj Capital Art House

Gallery Art Positive that emerged on the Indian art scene some five years ago is known for its focus on seminal exhibitions and art initiatives including work by young and established artists that it has organized to-date. Given the unprecedented escalation in qualitative and aesthetic merit of art together with its enhanced monetary value in a volatile market, Art Positive expanded a couple of years ago, as a unit of Bajaj Capital Art House to include the business of art as a holistic initiative building on the in-house expertise of Bajaj Capital Ltd a wealth management company with a 50 year track record. The goodwill of the parent company, together with the efforts of a highly experienced team, brought in many positive results to turn BCAH into a trusted name in the business of art.

Ranging from special shows to online exhibitions, master classes, personalized portfolios, art education initiatives as well as advice on buying, selection, display, insurance, handling, care and conservation of art, Art Positive, a unit of BCAH is acknowledged for the specialized and personalized art advisory services that it offers to a wide spectrum of collectors and institutions, both locally and globally.

To further enhance its services qualitatively and quantitatively, Art Positive a unit of BCAH has now expanded to include a new and state of the art space in a relaxed and creative ambience at Lado Sarai, the latest art hub in the capital city. Curated solo and group exhibitions of seminal and cutting edge art in varied modes, media and prices, from across the country, are hosted at Art Positive.

The new space also incorporates Book CaféArteria to create a lively ambience and comfortable reading area for interested connoisseurs, collectors, artists, experts, educationists and business leaders. Face to face encounters with master artists as well as promising young artists are hosted in the new space, while Art Positive continues to offer exclusive services ranging from sourcing collectible and authentic art works of high aesthetic merit and market value to offering advice on their display and care. In the aesthetic ambience of the Book CaféArteria matters of art can be discussed over coffee and book launches, discussions, workshops and presentations are held to add to the vibrancy of contemporary art circuit.

For more details please visit www.bcah.in

Artist’s Fellowship 2010-11 Art Positive, a unit of Bajaj Capital Art House (BCAH), offers a one year fellowship aimed at mid career art practitioners to celebrate and support their creative growth. The fellowship, started last year in 2009, is open to artists working in any visual art medium. It presents a unique opportunity to the selected BCAH Fellow Artist to think afresh and work for a year on a new project or body of work of his/her choice that will then be featured in a solo exhibition with an accompanying catalogue sponsored by Bajaj Capital Art House and held in their gallery Art Positive at Lado Sarai as outlined in the broad framework below.

Eligibility: Mid-career Indian nationals residing in any part of the country and practicing as visual artists in the age group 25 – 40 years, having participated in atleast 4 solo or group shows to their credit, are eligible to apply.

Creative Disciplines: Artists working in any creative visual art discipline including, but not limited to painting, drawing, illustration, studio ceramics, sculpture, photography, digital arts, landscape art, fiber and textile arts, installation art, public art and conceptual art etc may apply.

Cash Grant: The selected artist will be awarded a fellowship of rupees one lac (Rs 100,000) as a lump sum grant payable in 2 or 3 installments as mutually agreed, to help facilitate the work. The grant could be used for research, travel, material or acquiring facilities as outlined in the project proposal and agreed with the selection board.

Exhibition: The fellowship will conclude with a curated solo exhibition at our gallery, Art Positive-a unit of BCAH, at F-213/B, Old MB Road, Lado Sarai, New Delhi-110030, accompanied by a catalogue that BCAH will sponsor and present to showcase the new work created during the year at a date and venue to be mutually agreed.

Applications: The prescribed application form can be downloaded from BCAH website at www.bcah.in or collected from the Gallery office at Art Positive-a unit of BCAH, F-213/B, Old MB Road, Lado Sarai, New Delhi- 110030, Phone: 011- 41602545, 011- 46604128, E: info@bcah.in The completed application form with listed supporting documents and work images should be submitted to the BCAH at the address provided, latest by the first week of December, 2010.

Selection Procedure: All applications that meet the set criteria will be reviewed by a panel of experts. The final selection will be made on the basis of the artist’s track record, current body of work, project proposal, future potential and motivation to develop their work. Those shortlisted will be informed and invited for an interview to be held in February 2011 after which the final selection for Bajaj Capital Art House Fellow Artist of the Year for 2010 will be announced.

For further enquiries: In case you wish to seek any further information or some clarification please check our website www.galleryartpositive.com & www.bcah.in or contact -Ankita Gopal M: 9953520170, E: ankitagopal@bcah.in

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Archana B Sapra is a Delhi based independent architect, designer and arts consultant. Her career span includes researching and working on architectural, design and art projects. She has designed several buildings and interiors for private homes, show rooms and corporate offices, besides commissioning and sourcing art works for collectors, advising and helping build personalized art portfolios, curating art exhibitions and writing for catalogues and art reviews for publications. Her artistic repertoire includes curation of several exhibitions including Forms & Figurine, Art for Vision, Keep the Promise, Satrang, Continuum, Pravah, Far & Wide and Living Art Expanse group exhibitions for various galleries. Other independent curatorial projects to her credit include Variable Strokes: Eye Within (an exhibition resulting from an art camp in Turkey). Currently she is working on a couple of curatorial projects an art and jewelry exhibition to be showcased in New York and Games Artists Play exhibition to be held next month in Delhi. She is also project consultant for Delhi International Arts Festival 2010. Archana is the Founding Director of Sakaart an architectural, interiors and arts consultancy that offers advice to galleries and collectors. She is a member editor of the Creative Mind quarterly art magazine.

Sushma Bahl, MBE, is an independent arts consultant and curator of cultural projects. As Head of Arts Dept British Council India until April 2003, she led on their cultural policy and program, spearheading several initiatives including the first ever Festival of India in Britain and the Enduring Image exhibition from the British Museum with its numerous associated events besides collaborative projects in visual and performing arts. Over the last few years, as a freelance consultant she has curated a series of art exhibitions including Keep the Promise to help raise funds for UN’s Millennium Development Goals, Contemporary Chronicles in Miniature Art of works from India and Pakistan, Vistaar involving collaboration between artists and designers, Annanya an overview of contemporary Indian art and Ways of Seeing that won the IHC Art India Award as the best curated group show. She has edited and written for artists’ books including those on Thota Vaikuntam, Paresh Maity and Satish Gupta while a book on Shuvaprasanna is currently in the making. She was the Co-Director for Indian arts at the Gwacheon Hanmadang Festival in South Korea 2004, Guest Director for XI Triennale-India 2005, Co-curator for V9/U9 Indo-UK digital art project and Art Link Indo-German artists’ residency 2006&7 and Project Consultant for Bharat Rang Mahotsav X11 in Jan 2010. Invited to be a Jury Board member for the forthcoming 14th Asian Art Biennale 2010 in Bangladesh, Sushma Bahl is a trustee/advisory panel member of several arts institutions including the National Gallery of Modern Art Delhi and Florence Biennale in Italy.

Credits:Curation : Archana B Sapra, Text : Sushma Bahl, Co-ordination : Ankita Gopal, Design & Printing : ArchanaAll rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced / stored in retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing from the publishers. September, 2010.

Forthcoming Exhibitions

Mind the Gap2 - 30 November, 2010 at Art PositiveKrittika Narula, Sanjeev Sopimpare, Pampa Panwar, Sanjay Sundram

Sukrit24 - 30 November, 2010 at Visual Arts Gallery, IHC Delhi3 - 30 December, 2010 at Art PositiveManu Parekh, Yusuf Arakkal, Viveek Sharma, Ravi Kumar Kashi, Dileep Sharma, Paramjit Singh, Seema Kohli, Sujata Bajaj, Satish Gupta, Baba Anand

Manish Arora, Sunit Verma, JJ Valaya, Gaurav Gupta, Prashant Verma, Ritu Kumar, Shilpi Chawhan, Sabyasachi, Manish Malhotra, Rajesh Pratap

Form & Formless4 - 30 January, 2011 at Art PositiveDimpy Menon, Loknath Sinha, Pratul Dash

Imaging Sai1 - 26 February, 2011 at Art PositiveA Group Exhibition

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