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Guggenheim exhibition presents new works in film, video, and sound by seven artists based in South Asia

NEW YORK, NY.- The Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim: Being Singular Plural, the first exhibition of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to focus exclusively on artistic production in South Asia, presents new film, video, and sound-based works by seven of the most innovative and visionary contemporary artists, filmmakers, and media practitioners living and working in India today. This exhibition marks the first time that these artists are showing work in a North American museum and is assembled as part of the Guggenheim’s global Asian Art Program. Being Singular Plural is organized by Sandhini Poddar, Associate Curator, Asian Art, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and will be on view March 2 through June 6, 2012. Expanding on its original 2010 Deutsche Guggenheim presentation, the exhibition presents eight projects dispersed