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Nicola Durvasula, Tejal Shah

March 23, 2007- April 21, 2007

Reception: March 23, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Nicola Durvasula, Tejal Shah

Thomas Erben Gallery

526 W 26th St

In this exciting exhibition, Nicola Durvasula expands her already eclectic style of drawing to include a month-long performance in which a wall piece is perpetually altered. Casting a light on the complexity of her processes, the time based nature of this work belies the isolated and stable appearance of her individual pieces. Durvasula occupies a complex position in her work between painting and drawing, East and West, fine arts and popular culture. Humor and material delicacy here mixes with subtle eroticism in a never completed search for finality. Her work has been exhibited with important venues in India such as Gallery Chemould and Sakshi Gallery, both in Bombay, and with public and private venues in Europe and the U.S. Most recently her work was included in Lila/Play: Contemporary Miniatures and New Art from South Asia, Victoria, Australia.

Continuing her work with the Hijra (transgendered), the Bombay-based artist Tejal Shah presents to us a selection of large scale photographs which elaborate the fantasies of individual members of this community. Ranging from the desire for children to inventive and complex Gardens of Eden, these dreamscapes reveal the unique consciousness of it's subjects while playing with traditional Indian popular and fine art motifs. This presentation follows Shah's critically well received solo debut at the gallery in June, 2006.

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Location   Gallery Thomas Erben Gallery Address 526 W 26th St, 4th Fl New York (Chelsea) NY, 10001 United States Phone 212-645-8701 Fax 212-645-9630 Hours Tue-Sat 10-6 Nearby: All 27 galleries at 526 W 26th St

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