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Delhi- based art gallery Blueprint 12 will showcase works of four artists from South Asia at the India Art Fair from 2-5 February. The artists are from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Works of artists Subrat Kumar Behera (from India), Mahbubur Rahman (Bangladesh ), Pala Pothupitye (Sri Lanka) and Youdhishtir Maharjan (Nepal) will be exhibited. According to director Mandira Lamba, the works will encourage a conversation across borders. She says, “The selection of works, based on the concept of ‘belonging’ and ‘identity’ weave stories of colonisation, fantasy and socio-political issues in these regions.”

An artist from Sri Lanka, Pala Pothupitye has worked on a project using maps. He has re-crafted their generally accepted “social” context and has focused on the “historical evolution” of various regions. In his work Fort Jaffna, he has played with a digital print of a fort and effectively re-drawn it. The artist has emphasised the place as an institution of power which is held by the colonisers. It seems that Pothupitye is trying to critique the outside influences foisted on