Art and life have historically been posited at the juncture of imitation. Both their process, self-sustaining and autopoietic, is often entangled in overtones of the aesthetic, the political and the functional. Simply put, when either desecrates, it also marks the birth of newer perspectives and outcomes.
Blueprint 12 @ IAF 2023 is presenting eleven represented artists who utilise various media and experiment across disciplines to create meaningful interventions in the trajectory of existence. The practices together respond to the forces of war, marginalisation, migration and identity reclamation; nationalism, history, fantasies and distortions; religion and feminism; memory, ownership and detachment. The interconnectedness of these seemingly overweighed terminologies coax a dialogic relationship between the art, artist and the viewer. Their repetitive analogies and meditative practices layer the work with appreciation of the physical, mental and emotional labour that goes into creating them. The represented works consciously/subconsciously bring forth narratives from India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, as well as Europe and North America, and engage with what connects and sets them apart from the others.
- Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai
- Indu Antony
- Kaimurai
- Kingsley Gunatillake
- Madiha Sinkander
- Mahbubur Rahman
- Mansha Chhatwal
- Meghana Gavireddygari
- Vipeksha Gupta
- Visakh Menon
- Youdhisthir Maharjan
![Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai, contemporary south asian artist, An n](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817274.jpeg)
Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai, Ek Sunhara Gosha aur 14 Roshandaan, Ink on Saan-e Russee, 78.7 x 94 cm, 2021
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![Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai, contemporary south asian artist, An n](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817338.jpeg)
Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai, Nigaha-e pase Pardah wa Qissah-e Na Aashna, Papier-mâché ,Ink on Manjarpat Fabric, 157.5 x 94 cm, 2021
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![Indu Antony, Photography](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817537.jpeg)
Indu Antony, Vincent Uncle has hairy legs, Archival print, 45 cm x 35 cm each (set of 21), Editions 3 + 1AP, 2018
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![Kaimurai, indigo artist, khadi](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817666.png)
Kaimurai, Thula II(a), Natural Indigo on Unbleached Khadi textile, 114.3 x 53.3 cm, 2023
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![Kaimurai, indigo artist, khadi](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817708.png)
Kaimurai Thula I(b), Natural Indigo on Unbleached Khadi textile, 114.3 x 53.3 cm, 2023
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![Kaimurai, indigo artist, khadi](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817816.png)
Kaimurai, Thula I(a), Natural Indigo on Unbleached Khadi textile, 162.6 x 68.6 cm, 2023
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![Kaimurai, indigo artist, khadi](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817833.png)
Kaimurai, Thula I(b), Natural Indigo on Unbleached Khadi textile, 162.6 x 68.6 cm, 2023
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![Kingsley Gunatillake, book art, Sri Lanka](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817939.jpeg)
Kingsley Gunatillake Protest, Used books & copper toy figures, 17.5 x 21.5 x 5.5 cm each, 2022
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![Kingsley Gunatillake, canvas, Sri Lanka](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676817980.jpeg)
Kingsley Gunatillake, In-Between, Acrylic on canvas, 184 x 120 cm, 2022
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![Madiha Sikander, monofilament, cloves, Pakistani artist](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676818061.jpeg)
Madiha Sikander, Baaz Khwani, Cloves, monofilament, glass and metal beads, 243.8 x 91.4 cm, 2021
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![Mahabubur Rahman, Brittos, Bangladeshi Artist](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676818121.jpeg)
Mahbubur Rahman, It’s lungs, Brass, Crystal & Gold Leaf, 48.3 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm, 2023
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![Mahabubur Rahman, Brittos, Bangladeshi Artist](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1676818161.jpeg)
Mahbubur Rahman, Fatman I, Brass, Crystal & Gold Leaf, 15.2 x 15.2 x 30.5 cm, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Mansha Chhatwal, Book pages, censored](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677413711.jpeg)
Mansha Chhatwal, Shivaji, Book pages, beeswax, natural resin, pigment, thread, archival board, 152.4 x 29.2 cm, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Mansha Chhatwal, Book pages, censored](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677413821.jpeg)
Mansha Chhatwal, The Hindus, Book pages, beeswax, natural resin, pigment, thread, archival board, 152.4 x 29.2 cm, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Asian artist, Meghana Gavrireddygari](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414219.jpeg)
Meghana Gavireddygari, Long standing, Ink, reclaimed paper and gold leaf on paper, 73.7 x 50.8 cm, 2022
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![India Art Fair 2023, Asian artist, Meghana Gavrireddygari](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414288.jpeg)
Meghana Gavireddygari, Mirage, Ink and gold leaf on paper, 48.3 x 43.2 cm, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Asian artist, Meghana Gavrireddygari](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414344.jpeg)
Meghana Gavireddygari, Long Standing II, Reclaimed paper, ink and gold leaf on paper, 58.4 x 40.6 cm, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Charcoal pigment abstra, Vipeksha Gupta](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414459.jpeg)
Vipeksha Gupta, Cerise XIII, charcoal and pigment on paper, 137.2 x 137.2 cm, 2022
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![India Art Fair 2023, Charcoal pigment abstra, Vipeksha Gupta](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/artist_1678344876.jpeg)
Vipeksha Gupta, Cerise XX, charcoal and pigment on paper, 137.2 x 137.2 cm, 2022
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![Inddia Art fair 2023, tapeglitch, Visakh Menon](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414530.jpeg)
Visakh Menon, Interference, acrylic & paint markers on Fabriano 140lb watercolor paper mounted on wood panel, 139.7 x 88.9 cm, 2022
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![Visakh Menon, Tapeglitch, IAF23](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414602.jpeg)
Visakh Menon, 11Q-interference, acrylic & paint markers on Fabriano 140lb watercolor paper, 61 x 45.7 cm, 2022
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![India Art Fair 2023, Youdhisthir Maharjan, Book pages](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414678.jpeg)
Youdhisthir Maharjan, Times of Change, Hand woven strips of reclaimed, deacidified book pages, 22.2 x 104.1 cm, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Youdhisthir Maharjan, Book pages](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414754.jpeg)
Youdhisthir Maharjan, The Promises We Made, Hand-woven strips of reclaimed book pages , 17.5 X 45cm each, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Youdhisthir Maharjan, Book pages](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414793.jpeg)
Youdhisthir Maharjan, The Geometry of Love, Book strips and acrylic on hand-cut reclaimed, deacidified book pages, 36.8 x 43.2 cm, 2023
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![India Art Fair 2023, Youdhisthir Maharjan, Book pages](http://blueprint12.com/img/art_fairs/art_fair_1677414835.jpeg)
Youdhisthir Maharjan, The space between us, Acrylic on reclaimed book pages, 23.5 x 33.7 cm, 2022
India Art Fair 2023
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