The Lalit Kala Akademi is holding a Joint Indo-Us Printmaking Exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademi Galleries, from 23rd January 2012, to 6 February 2012. The show will be inaugurated on 23rd January at 6.00 pm. This is the first venture of its kind undertaken by the Lalit Kala Akademi.

More than 65 prominent printmakers from India are participating in this show. A similar number of US participants will be exhibiting alongside. The exhibition titled ‘Multiple Encounters’ provides viewers a chance to see quality printmaking from both these countries on a common platform. Among the list of participants from India are veterans such as Jyoti Bhatt, Jai Zharotia, K G Subramanyam, Laxma Goud, Paramjeet Singh, Sanat Kar, Deepak Banerjee as well as important printmakers such as Anupam Sud, Arpana Caur, Jayanti Rabadia, Subba Ghosh and others of this calibre. The US artists have been selected from an equally illustrious group. The show is being curated by Dattaraya Apte, Ananda Moy Banerji, Kavita Nayar, and Sushanta Guha from India, and Vinay Kumar and Nicholas Hill from the USA. The show will give viewers an opportunity to see firsthand the latest developments in the medium, as well as a large body of exhibits from both the participating countries.