"Art As Witness" a photography & painting exhibition, about on rights issues, at Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg > 20th-30th April 2011

Time : 10:00 am - 7:00 pm ( Except Sundays & Public holidays)

Entry : Free

Place : Siddhartha Hall, Max Mueller Bhavan / Gothe Institut, 3 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110001

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Event Details : Art as Witness is a cluster of biting images from the underbelly of turbulent India and its neighbouring countries. Relying on the sustained work of eminent photographers and artists on rights issues in and around South Asia and based on Amnesty International India’s ‘Art for Activism’ project, this exhibition hopes to strengthen global campaigns for a world without fear and torture, a world without death penalty, or disappearances and custodial violence. Contributing photographers from Bangladesh, India, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, USA.

Curated by Parthiv Shah, a renowned photo-artist based in Delhi, India, who has curated national and international exhibitions on art and issues of social concern. His works have been exhibited at leading world galleries including the Durban Art Gallery and Sandton Art Centre, South Africa; Whitechapel Gallery, London, U.K.; Chhobi Mela, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Photo-Expo Asia-2, Bangkok, Thailand, and other places.

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