An Eye for an Eye @ City Library (Visual Arts)

4 - 29 November 2009 (Opening: 4 Nov 5:30pm)
City Library, 253 Flinders Lane Melbourne

Krishna Blue (by Sudeep Lingamneni0

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" Mahatma Gandhi

A Visual Arts Exhibition featuring photography by Sudeep Lingamneni and Painting & sculpture by Maitreyi Ray.

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An Eye for An Eye

An Eye for and Eye highlights the diversity of artistic insight that Indian communities bring to visual arts in Victoria.

The exhibition features the work of photographer Sudeep Lingamneni and painter/sculptor Maitreyi Ray, who each brings a deep sense of multicultural identity and experience to the City Library gallery space.

In response to continuing media exposure of issues facing the Indian community in Melbourne, Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) would like to confirm its support for the Indian community in Melbourne.

Bawdy joke at Pishi's Wedding (by Maitreyi Ray)

Indian artists in Victoria contribute significantly to our diverse and dynamic artistic community and through their art promote a culture of respect and cross-cultural understanding.

In a reflection of this unity, the exhibition will be opened by Indian Consul General Anita Nayar.

The exhibition features the work of photographer Sudeep Lingamneni and painter/sculptor Maitreyi Ray, who each brings a deep sense of multicultural identity and experience to the City Library gallery space.

Sudeep Lingamneni

Born in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India, Sudeep Lingamneni has been an independent photographer, music producer and graphic designer since 2003.

His unique style of photography and music is a product of personnel experience, intimate conditioning and not privileged voyeurism.

Maitreyi Ray

Maitreyi Ray creates an idealised world for herself in her poetic paintings.

She relates stories through her use of colours and lines on canvas, paper, tin, wood or clay.

Influenced by the experiences Maitreyi had growing up in Bengal, she entices viewer to relive the "enticing, often confronting and adventurous in the extreme" images of her youth.

An Eye for and Eye @ Mix It Up! Djan Djan and Dya Singh at the Arts Centre

Sudeep Lingamneni and Maitreyi Ray will be also exhibiting work at Mix It Up! Djan Djan and Dya Singh at the Arts Centre on Sunday 22 November.

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