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		<title>Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz and the Stella Kramrisch Collections December 12, 2009 &#8211; July 25, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kantha (embroidered quilt), Second half of the 19th century Bangladesh or India, (Bengal) Faridpur District Cotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in back, chain, darning, satin, running, dot, and seed stitches 28 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (73 x 72.4 cm) Gift of Stella Kramrisch, 1968 1968-184-12 Kantha: The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=111&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JAMAL J. ELIAS: Truck Decoration, Religion and Politics in Pakistan by Zoe Papademetriou</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 19th, 2009, amidst Mona Naqsh’s brightly colored floral canvases, Philadelphia residents and members of SABA gathered to listen to a lecture on Pakistani truck decoration from Jamal J. Elias, the current Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and the Class of 1965 Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Elias, who received his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=106&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MONA NAQSH: RECENT PAINTINGS by Zoe Papademetriou</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For their final exhibition for 2009, Twelve Gates Gallery is featuring recent paintings by Mona Naqsh, an accomplished Pakistani painter whose father Jamil Naqsh is considered to be the only living Pakistani modern master artist. Mona Naqsh received no official academic training in painting and instead studied underneath her father, developing her personal aesthetic in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=93&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Contemporary Miniatures of Pakistan: ISBAH AFZAL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Virginia Whiles Strands and filaments and fragments. A scenario of interrupted sewing, as if the maker has lost the thread and is longing to be drawn back into the story. These works disturb the viewer by their very fragility so that to contemplate them might even prolong their dissolution. Yet what exquisite textiles are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=69&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ARTIST TALK: ELISABETH BRAUN &amp; TEHMINA AHMED by Sabrina Jacot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surrounded by their striking images of Pakistan and Syria, Tehmina Ahmed and Elisabeth Braun were the special guest speakers at Twelve Gates Gallery on Friday, October 23rd, 2009. The photographers, from two very distinct parts of the world, each made very different presentations to those in attendance. Tehmina Ahmed began the discussion by focusing her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=62&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TEEN AURATEIN, TEEN KAHANIYAN: THREE WOMEN, THREE STORIES by Zoe Papademetriou</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the month of October Twelve Gates Art Gallery has been hosting a special exhibit entitled “Teen Auratein, Teen Kahaniyan” (Three Women, Three Stories), featuring photographic work from three international female artists: Tehmina Ahmed, Elisabeth Braun, and Ruqayya Rizwan. While these artists’ identities intersect at various moments, either geographically or in education and career, each [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=52&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ANISH KAPOOR: MEMORY by Zoe Papademetriou</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Solomon R. Guggenheim’s 50th Anniversary, internationally-renown sculptor Anish Kapoor has created a major site-specific sculptural installation that is now on view at the Guggenheim in New York from October 21st, 2009 through March 28th, 2010. The installation entitled Memory is the museum’s first collaboration with the artist, and is the 14th [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=42&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MONA NAQSH &#8211; OASIS OF PEACE by Marjorie Husain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visiting Mona Naqsh at her residence is a revitalizing experience. One may liken it to entering an oasis where fresh flowers bloom. These are the models the artist uses in her unique Perceptual art, a method that stresses the importance of visual interest. Mona has a meticulous, unique technique, with delicately painted leaves and petals [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=25&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to 12g Salon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to 12gSalon, an online resource for South Asian art and culture. We aim to connect the various artistic disciplines within South Asian art, from plastic art, poetry, and literature to drama, dance, music, and film. Through this, we hope to bring awareness about these vibrant cultures, both in their past incarnations and now in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=12gsalon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9933186&amp;post=12&amp;subd=12gsalon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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