Nalini Malani (India) Hieroglyphs, Lohar Chawl, 1990-91 Series of photocopied collage on parchment and sunlit buff paper, acrylic, watercolor and ink Each book: 23 x 28 x 2cm., Collection of the artist

Nalini Malani received a diploma in the Fine Arts from J.J. University, Bombay, in 1969. She has worked in France and the U.S. on residential fellowships, and is represented in national museum collections. Her water- color books and oil paintings refer to Western as well as Indian art history, and her humanist paintings reflect her concern for "a place for people." Born in Karachi, Pakistan (then India), in 1946, she lives and works in Bombay.