FOR SALE: Prithvi Mudra Tee

FOR SALE! The "Prithvi Mudra" TEE. Hand-drawn. Silkscreened on.

This Mudra actuates the root chakra, which houses our vital energy or elemental force. To ward off energy deficits and to actualize both physical and metaphysical goals, Prithvi Mudra is an essential tool. This mudra restores the mutual balance of the elements of `agni` and `prithvi` tattvas.

All orders placed by Friday, November 12 will get the pre-webshop price of $35 + tax. Send all orders to misc@meerasethi.com. International shipping available. Request costs.

All Tees will be printed red on white on an American Apparel Tee. When ordering, please specify your size.

Visit Palestine. Redone.

New poster: Visit Palestine.

I created this poster (top) in reference to the iconic "Visit Palestine" poster (bottom) from the 1930s. You can read about the original at Liberation Graphics.

Exhibition in Dhaka

Life of a Vagabond: Contemporary Art from Canada
Tivoli Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Opening Reception: Monday, October 11, 2010 at 6:30pm
Exhibition Dates: October 10-20, 2010.
Check it!

Split

New Painting. Split. 18" x 24" Mixed media on paper. 2010

When we are split open. When we have lost control. When things fall apart. This is what lies at the heart: sheer communion.

Departure

New Painting. As yet untitled. 18" x 24" Mixed media on paper. 2010

This is an aching, acrid representation of the imagined return as an im/migrant. It is the recognition that the journey is the only place of wholeness. It is a vision of a longing, like the ache of a lost traveller. It pays homage to the kingfisher who migrates back and forth, alone, year... after year and yet, as Dogen says, "leaves no trace behind and does not need a guide." If we long to live in two places at once and cannot, survival insists that we abandon the earth and claim the sky.

This new painting is both a departure from my previous work and a piece created on the theme of Departure". Enjoy!

Anti-Racism Book Cover Design

If you are interested in anti-racism and education, check out this great one-day conference happening in Toronto on Monday, Oct. 4 from 3-9pm at UofT Scarborough Campus, 1265 Military Trail, Rm AA-160 (Council Chambers).

p.s. I designed the book cover.

Exhibition In Toronto

If you happen to be in Toronto this Saturday, come by for the opening of a group show I am in called "Velocity: The Rate of Change of Position".

Exhibition Dates: Friday, 17- 26 September 2010
Opening reception and artist talks: Saturday, 18 September 2010, 3-6pm.
Venue: Function 13 Gallery, 156 August Avenue, Toronto

South Asian Visual Arts Centre) is pleased to present Velocity: the rate of change of position, an annual juried members’ exhibition that features innovative and contemporary artworks by emerging and mid-career artists from SAVAC’s membership. Every year, SAVAC invites proposals for new or recently completed artworks through an open call. A jury comprising of artists, curators and SAVAC members select works based on artistic merit and new approaches and ideas on themes surrounding contemporary South Asian identities and experiences.

Velocity: the rate of change of position brings together artworks by Arwa Abouon (Montreal), Sharlene Bamboat (London, UK/Toronto), Pritika Chowdhry (Madison, USA), Shireen Kamran (Montreal), Meera Sethi (Toronto) and Meera Margaret Singh (Toronto) that explore the parallels and divergences between our daily routines and the rapidly changing urban environment. The artists engage with fragmented and interconnected narratives from multiple histories to develop works that resonate with the current times.

SAVAC will host an opening reception and artist talks for Velocity: the rate of change of position on 18 September 2010, 3pm to 6pm at the Function 13 Gallery (156 Augusta Avenue). Entrance to the opening and artist talks is free.

Featuring works by: Arwa Abouon (Montreal), Sharlene Bamboat (London/Toronto), Pritika Chowdhry (Madison, WI), Shireen Kamran (Montreal), Meera Sethi (Toronto), Meera Margaret Singh (Toronto).

Pakistan Floods. Open Your Heart.

I have created a poster that I would like to give away to people who donate $100 or more as of today's date to a registered charity such as Global Medic that is providing direct on the ground support in flood ravaged areas. If you have made a generous donation and would like a poster, please get in touch.

The Image Interview

Toronto Photographer Joel Yum generously interviewed me in the MISC Studio with his camera. He caught some lovely moments. Thank you Joel!

A Space for Environmental Warnings.

My series of street signs called "Environmental Warnings" are up a A Space Gallery (Windows) in Toronto. The exhibition runs from June 17 2010 - July 31 2010. Read the write up here.

Considered yourself warned : )

Interviews!

Thanks to fellow blogger Colours Dekor and Rashi Khilnani on CBC Radio/Radio Canada International, I got to speak about my art! Click to read or listen!

Word.

No Bill 94

My poster in support of the campaign against Bill 94 in Quebec, Canada. Read more about this discriminatory Bill and the campaign against it here: nonbill94.wordpress.com/

Download a high-resolution 11" x 17" pdf of this poster for printing and posting.