Mithu Sen (b. 1971, West Bengal, India) rose to prominence in the last decade for her drawings, sculptures, and installations in which sensual and grotesque representations of the human body, animals, and inanimate objects seethe with undercurrents of irony and wit. A prominent voice in contemporary art from India, Sen upends common approaches to gender and sexuality. In her April 11 talk, "Body/Nobody," she will be presenting work produced over the past ten years. She visits U-M in the context of the exhibition Mithu Sen: Border Unseen at Michigan State University's Broad Art Museum (April 25-July 27, 2014) and in conjunction with the LSA Theme Semester "India in the World." For more information please visit the http://www.lsa.umich.edu/india/events/art

This program is organized by the Center for South Asian Studies with support from the U-M LSA Theme Semester and co-sponsored by UMMA, the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, and the Department of the History of Art.