Melissa Stern reviews the exhibition Modernist Art from India The Body Unbound at the Rubin Museum, New York, on view through April 9, 2012.

Stern writes:  "As the show progresses, both chronologically and thematically, one sees the powerful influence of western painters like Milton Avery and Ben Shahn. What keeps this show constantly interesting is that the work is truly fresh, not a slavish imitation of the West. Throughout the exhibition there is a sense of the integration of Indian color and passion with Western composition and the intellect of Modernist thought."