The exhibition also had very interesting wood carvings by H R Dandi from Himachal Pradesh, whose composite forms and imagery remind one strongly of West African tribal sculptures with totemic overtones. He is obviously a sculptor to be watched. And one hopes to see a one-man show of his wood sculpture in Delhi. Another artist of interest in this show is Satwant Singh Sumail of Chandigarh, whose use of colour to bring out the light inherent in it, as well as the capacity of visually creating motion through a multiplicity of images, give his work a certain arresting quality.

These, and the others participating in the exhibition, like Rakah Agrawal, SanjayAgrawal and Ishita Sinha, all reflect a deep humanistic concern that characterises the sponsoring organisation, Avantika, as well. It is good to be reminded of this at times like these, when those declared dead are on dharna in Uttar Pradesh against a callous bureaucracy that has declared them dead, or where people are shot because they refuse to serve an ice cream or a drink, or when soldiers die and their bodies are sent home, even before the information of their death. No, things cannot go on as they are. And our art today confirms the resistance within us to inhumanity of any sort. That is why it is sought out the world over by lovers of contemporary artistic expression.