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Abstraction in art figured prominently in India during the 1960's. Arpita Singh's diaphanous layers of paint, ethereal figures and lack of stable perspective seem to resonate with the colorful fields of Akbar Padamsee, Ram Kumar and Syed Haider Raza, her stylistic predecessors. However, Singh breaks with abstraction in her return to figuration and decisive choice of subject matter. In this way, Singh is commenting not on a tradition of painting quoted from Western art but on her own unique experiences as an Indian painter.