"India, or at least its culture, is everywhere, and consequently so is the art it influences and inspires. That's the useful point made by "Neti-Neti (not this, not this)," a lively, carefully assembled group show organized by Peter Nagy, the former East Village art dealer who relocated his gallery, Nature Morte, to New Delhi about 11 years ago."
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"Peter Nagy, curator of this refreshing exhibition, took off for India in 1992 and became a central figure in that country's now superhot contemporary art scene. Here, he brings back a view of India as a landing strip for jet-setters and biennial boppers, very Beatles-meet-Maharaji circa 1968, with a hip amalgam of East-meets-West artists." ...
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"Coming from the Advaita Vedanta branch of Hindu philosophy, Neti-Neti means "not this, not this" or "neither this, nor that." Artistic practice today seems to comfortably inhabit many interstitial Grey areas in terms of content, forms, materials, techniques and cultural identities. Artists are attracted to subjects and ideas from all over the world, with scant regard to provenance or pedigree." ...
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