Three women, three stories 2: Fareen Butt, Maureen Drdak, Reeta Karmarkar November 5, 2010

Three artists in this exhibition seemingly have little in common until one looks at their resumes. Each has found inspiration in techniques and genres of art outside of their cultures of origin. The appropriation by each artist has resulted in stunningly original work. The representational mountainscapes by Fareen are a fusion of 19th century pointillism with gemstone pigment. Maureen’s latest work represents the first synthesis of repousse, a technique primarily used by Newari artists, and contemporary painting. Reeta’s abstracted designs, originally influenced by 14th century perspectives, both narrow and expand space in a mixture of hard edged and painterly strokes.