Nikhil Chopra
Performance based artist Nikhil Chopra’s practice involves inhabiting characters that evolve over durations as short as 3 hours and as long as 4 days. This enables the artist to draw audiences into a conversation that is as much about the overt narrative of the piece as it is a way of dealing with multiple art histories. The performances have led into photographic and video based work released subsequent to the performances themselves. In the present show there will be both photographs and video work installed at the gallery in addition to which Nikhil will be performing on Sunday 29th June. Having studied in Baroda, India as well as the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Nikhil returns to New York (a city he has previously lived in) on the back of a December performance in Mumbai hailed by many as the most interesting art project seen in the city for many years.
Detail of image on invite:	Untitled, 2008 From the Yog Raj Chitrakar: Memory Drawing II series Photographic print Edition of 6 + 2AP 24 X 36 in.
Mansi Bhatt
The work of Mansi Bhatt functions within the mode of performative photography. The subject matter of much of her work deals with the fast evolving character of media coverage within India. The media used by Mansi to deliver her critique adheres closely to the forms in which images are relayed to viewers by way of advertising in magazines, newspapers and on billboards. After residencies both in New York and in Pittsburgh (the Mattress Factory), this will be the first time that Mansi will be showing at a commercial gallery in America.
Detail of image on invite:	Untitled, 2007 From the Mattress Factory series Photographic print Edition of 1 + 2 AP 24 X 36 in.
Sadanand
Sadanand is an emerging star of the contemporary Indian art scene. By employing vinyl stickers, much like those used on buses and taxis in the Indian subcontinent, the artist creates collages that reference multiple sources, including architectural renderings and modernist painting. Using a color palette that wholly draws from the world around him in suburban Mumbai, Sadanand is able to transcend art historical specificities and occupy a unique position amongst his peers active in the Subcontinent presently.
Detail of image on invite:	Untitled, 2008 Vinyl on composite aluminium 36 X 47.5 in.