Hello friends!

It's another busy month at the Richmond Art Gallery. We are in the midst of transforming the Gallery for In Transition: New Art from India, which we are presenting in collaboration with the Vancouver Biennale. In Transition features the work of six of India's hottest art makers - Shilpa Gupta, Reena Kallat, TV Santhosh, Sudarshan Shetty, artist collective Thukral & Tagra, and Hema Upadhyay. Vancouver writer/curator Keith Wallace has drawn on his depth of experience working with Indian artists and writing about the contemporary art scene, contributing a clear-sighted overview of the state of the arts in India for the exhibition brochure. In the meantime Nan Capogna, our tireless Public Programs Coordinator, has been busy organizing fun and interesting events, and we have teamed up with Kala Utsav (an evening of classical Indian arts to benefit global relief) and the New Asia Film Festival events happening in May.

The exhibition will open on May 1, at which point Hema Upadhyay will begin working on a site- specific piece for the Richmond show. The exhibition's opening reception will be a lively event with food and music, taking place on Saturday, May 1 from 1-3 pm (mark your calendars!) as the official launch event of the Doors Open Richmond weekend.

Be sure to check out Sylvia Wong & Jing Jia, Urban Copy at the Gateway Theatre until April 27. We also have our Annual General Meeting coming up on Tuesday, April 20, and as if that wasn't enough the Lulu Series: Art in the City, is presenting Hema Upadhyay on May 20 at Richmond Council Chambers. As always, there's much to do - see you at the Gallery.

Lynn Beavis
Director

In Transition: New Art from India
Shilpa Gupta, Reena Kallat, TV Santhosh, Sudarshan Shetty, Thukral & Tagra, and Hema Upadhyay

In collaboration with the Vancouver Biennale the Richmond Art Gallery will present In Transition: New Art from India. India is experiencing a period of remarkable growth and transformation and its artists (like contemporary artists everywhere) are responding to these changes. With an eye on its past and a view to the future, these artists are examining the social, political, economic and religious implications of becoming a major world economy. The exhibition will feature installation-based work by six of India's most recognized contemporary artists: Shilpa Gupta, Reena Kallat, TV Santhosh, Sudarshan Shetty, artist collective Thukral & Tagra, and Hema Upadhyay.

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Sylvia Wong and Jing Jia, Urban Copy
March 16 - April 27
Gateway Theatre

ARTISTS' STATEMENT | Our installation project Urban Copy will serve as a vehicle for us to address China's new attitude towards internationalism. It will focus on the uncertainty of China's future and the rapid transformations that are taking place within China's historical landscape. It questions China's militaristic economy and the sacrifices being made by China in the early stages of urbanization. The printmaking process also serves as a metaphor and questions the issues modern China's factory workers are facing today, and most importantly their sense of lost identity. Our mission is to have individuals gain a better understanding about historical interconnectedness of people and ideas throughout the world, and to gain new perspectives and awareness on contemporary globalization.

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Gillian Lindsay
April 20 - May 18
City Hall

In 1997 Gillian Lindsay made the transition from film producer to fine art photographer. She has been exploring abstraction, producing work that is more about texture, colour and composition and less about representational subject matter.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 7pm.
You are invited to the Richmond Art Gallery Association's 2010 Annual General Meeting
Registration begins at 6:15pm
Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC
Please remember to renew your membership before the AGM. A membership table will be setup for renewals from 6:15 - 6:45 pm.

Kathy Tycholis, School Program Coordinator and Instructor, will be exhibiting at the Evergreen Cultural Centre Art Gallery in Coquitlam, BC from May 28 - July 3, 2010. Kathy collaborated with Carie Helm (the Richmond Art Gallery's former Curatorial Assistant) for their exhibition Subtopia that comments on urban sprawl and D.I. Y. culture. You are invited to join them at the opening reception on Sunday, May 30 from 4:00-5:30pm.