Meera Sethi Solo Exhibition /// Sat. Nov 28. 1-5pm.

Meera Sethi's new drawings and paintings capture the dynamism and energy of fierce fashion, mystic poetry and sweet soul music as explored through line, shape and pattern. For ONE DAY ONLY, come see these bold new works on paper including:

Firangi Rang Barangi + WORD. + Sacred Geometriks

When: Saturday November 28, 2009, 1pm to 5pm
Where: MISC Studio, Queen Street West, Toronto
(email misc@meerasethi.com for exact address)

YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRESS OUTRAGEOUSLY AND WEAR SOMETHING FROM YOUR CLOSET THAT YOU HAVE NEVER WORN BEFORE! Be a Firangi Rang Barangi! Be a "Colourful Foreigner" in your own city! There will be PHOTOGRAPHERS ON HAND!

MISC ART! Issue One.

So after months of thinking about it, reading, researching, doubting, fearing, creating, I finally did it! Yes, I sent out my first ever MISC ART! email newsletter. It is chock full of great stuff, so if you'd like to be in the know and you haven't received yours yet, you'd better subscribe peoples! To get in, send an email to misc@meerasethi.com.

(Website) Update

Well folks, I know it's been a while since my last post. In fact, this entire season has been a low blog season. I have been busy transforming my work life is ways that will better support me as an artist. As a result, I have not been making very much new artwork. I see this as necessary growing pains. Soon, I will come at you with mad, exciting, and energizing new work to fill your hearts, minds and souls. Hang in there, it's not too much longer now.

In the meantime, peruse through my recently updated website: www.meerasethi.com

Peace, Meera

MISC Studio Space!

My live/work studio space was featured on Toronto design blog Kitka! Click the link for more images y'all! www.kitkadesigntoronto.com (See "Spaces" section)
All photos by Juli Daoust

Andalucia (in detail) part 5

Hi folks, I've been away for a while, first in Vancouver and then in Spain (Madrid, Seville and Cadiz). It's been a while since I have posted, but now that I am back and back to making work, keep your eyes open for good goodies coming your way. Peace + Love

p.s. All the images from Spain were taken with a run-of-the-mill digital camera.

Andalucia (in detail) part 4

Andalucia (in detail) part 3

Andalucia (in detail) part 2

Andalucia (in detail) part 1

Farangi Rang Barangi (Pyaari) Undressed!

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Status: unfinished
Acrylic and ink on paper
28" x 50"

yup, aha, unfinished and undressed!
moving on to some next level ish!
you coming along for the ride?

Farangi Rang Barangi (Sahiba) Undressed!

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Status: unfinished
Acrylic and ink on paper
24" x 50"

Three Dollars An Hour

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Three versions of a recent poster I designed for a community arts event in Toronto. Which would you choose?

Transpulsation: New Asian Canadian Imaginings

Upcoming Exhibition: Transpulsation: New Asian Canadian Imaginings
Artists: Shelly Bahl, Will Kwan, Meera Sethi, Amy Wong
Curated By: Doris Sung and Jooyeon June Rhee
May 15 – June 12 / 2009
Opening Reception: May 15 / 2009 / 5:30pm-7:30pm
Gales Gallery / 105 Accolade West Building / York University

I have three works in the show and also designed the poster and catalogue.
Check It!

Farangi Rang Barangi (rani)

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Farangi Rang Barangi (rani)
Acrylic and ink on paper
22" x 50"

Sumthin' to satisfy your hungry souls. Farangi Rang Barangi (rani) is finally here. Yup, ah-ha. It took a while and although this reproduction is not very good, the piece is bangin'. Enjoy.
peace

Update...

Family, friends, fans, I haven't forgotten about you. Since returning from New York, I have been busy preparing for the launch of my new brand, website and marketing material as I strengthen my design practice so that it can support my art. New York was wonderfully inspiring and that energy has also found its way into my art. Stay tuned for new work in the coming weeks.
Peace

Farangi Rang Barangi

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Status: unfinished
Acrylic and ink on paper
18" x 50"

I wanted to leave you all with something a little special before I go off to New York for a week. So although, it's not finished and the reproduction is awful, I'm still posting the first painting in a series entitled "Farangi Rang Barangi".

"Farangi" is Persian word for foreigners, but is also used in Hindi and Urdu to mean the same thing. "Rang Barangi" is a Hindi/Punjabi colloquialism that means "colourful".

This new work is about exploring the ways in which clothing and dress express otherness, difference and belonging. It is not so much about the wearer as it is about the worn. It is also a celebration of Eastern textile arts, Indian femininity, and feminist genealogies where the passing down of jewelery and clothing from grandmother to mother to daughter is an old and sacred tradition.

Stay tuned for a better repro and a finished painting soon when I return.
Peace

Subzero

Nataraj

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Refugee Land Breeze

Shared words between Urdu and Arabic.

Jaan REDONE

Can you spot the differences?

Khubsurat & Khubsurat REDONE

"Khubsurat" means beautiful in Hindi.

Jaan

"Jaan" is a hindi term of endearment meaning "life". These necklace designs have been inspired by traditional South Indian Thirumangalyam designs (known as Thali in Tamil & Telugu and Mangalsutra in Hindi). A mangalsutra is an Indian symbol of Hindu marriage.

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