‘A place of their own’, an exhibition of younger generation of South-Asian American diaspora artists curated by Sharmistha Ray was previewed by Bose Krishnamachari over wine and cheese at Gallery BMB. 

The exhibition which will continue till November 22, 2010 have works of Mala Iqbal, Maryam Jafri, Gautam Kansara, Fawad Khan and Samanta Batra Mehta on display.  Preoccupied with migratory patterns and inevitable straddling of cultures this younger generation of artists have brilliantly explored a breadth of media from video art to watercolor and collage to mine autobiographical experiences.

The works like ‘Picnic’ by Mala Iqbal, ‘I am leaving now’ by Gautam Kansara and ‘The last of the uncolonized lands 1’ by Samanta Batra Mehta brings the diverse practices by different artists along with the subtle tensions, internal forces and psychological impetuses that are the principle drivers of an immigrant experience, jostle for attention.

The likes of  Yash Birla , Dia Mehta , Sharmilla Khanna , Divya Thakur , Sumeet Chopra, Natasha Chib, Riyaz Komu, Nisha Jamvwal,  Remu & Naaz Zaveri , Jaideep Mehrotra, Consul Gen Couple Julius Macwan,  Alex and Namita Kuruville, Sudershan Shetty , Manu Parekh , Priyashri Patodia,  Dolly Thakore , Viren Shah and many more came over for the appreciation of these artists.