SAN JOSE, CA.- The San Jose Museum of Art presents a landmark exhibition of modern and contemporary art from India from February 25 through September 4, 2011. Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art from India is drawn entirely from eleven private collections in the San Francisco Bay Area. The exhibition showcases important works of modern and contemporary South Asian art that are rarely seen on the West Coast. Included are paintings by renowned modernists such as Maqbool Fida Husain, Tyeb Mehta, Francis Newton Souza, and Sayed Haider Raza. Today’s contemporary generation of rising talents and global trendsetters is represented by Rina Banerjee, Zarina Hashmi, Jitish Kallat, G.R. Iranna, Bari Kumar, and Surendran Nair, among others. “Indian art is a dynamic and