Perhaps the blog should be renamed 'Mike in India' from this point forward. G. Ray has gone back to California. As I previously mentioned it has been very cold in New Delhi--more than 300 people have died from the chill. G. Ray was sick with a sinus infection and bronchitis for months before we came to India. He decided it just wasn't worth the health risk to stay here. Arrangements had been made for him to work side by side in the graduate studios at the New Delhi University College of Art, but there is no heating there and the conditions are spartan (like most university studios).
I'll miss G. Ray, but I will carry on the program. I worked in the college studios today in G. Ray's place and Wednesday I will present a lecture at the college about art in California. Our exhibition will open on Sunday, and I will give a talk about G. Ray, my work, and the other artists in the show before the exhibition opens.
G. Ray's friend Jim Farthing left a day before G. Ray. Jim is off to meet another friend in Burma.
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