Sharmistha Ray’s work and text reflecting on Tagore’s influence featured in International Gallerie’s 29the volume “BENGAL: Tagore Lost and Found.”

Sharing a picture from the opening day of me next to The Erotic Impulse, acrylic and oil on canvas, 72in x 96in (diptych), 2012 – a new work I created for the Engendered SPACE Residency & Exhibition in New Delhi. Open until Feb 29th.

‘CAN YOU SEE ME? Contemporary investigations of the invisibilities, multiplicities and complexities of gender & sexuality at the intersection of culture and religion in the global South’. With artists Sharmistha Ray, Simeen Farhat, Amina Ahmed, Satyakam Saha, Balbir Krishan, Satadru Sovan, Jose Abad & Sandip Kuriakose

Launch Event & Opening Reception: January 29 2012, 2 p.m – 6 p.m
(A Collateral event to the India Art Fair)

2 pm – Doors
3 pm – ‘Open Contemporary’ with Leeza Ahmady New York based independent curator,
dOCUMENTA (13) Agent, and Director of ACAW (Asian Contemporary Art Week).
Ahmady will discuss contemporary art practices, curatorial and art-historical
re-considerations, and the wonders of working in an era of unprecedented access to
artists worldwide.
4 pm – Late Brunch & High Tea on Engendered Residency Terrace

PLEASE NOTE – Entry is free. However, due to the sensitive nature of the work
RSVP is STRICTLY REQUIRED at engenderednyc@gmail.com

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As part of a series of panel discussions and seminars under the India Art Festival, 2011, Sharmistha Ray will engage in the topic “Locating Ourselves: The Persistent Question of Indianness in Shifting Global Scenarios” with Arshiya Lokhandwala, Ratnottama Sengupta and moderator, Nancy Adajania. Scheduled for 18^th November, 2011 the discussion will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p. m. at the Culture Hall, Nehru Centre, in Mumbai.

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