!["Beautiful Zameen" exhibition flyer.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd6aaa2c5923854209a346dea82a71c0d59080b4c3a162c5c60b218dcb477cfc/Beautiful-Zameen-Bakersfield-.jpg)
![Jhani Randhawa and Jagdeep Raina in conversation at the Todd Madigan Gallery.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/607faa0ebe57622e8c0bad731e495c6c3a076cdc74a3fb1b32d79cd784ac2c94/123_124.jpeg)
![Jhani Randhawa and Jagdeep Raina in conversation at the Todd Madigan Gallery.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bf9b613de870148e441a838ee82c7e0126c0f6e94f4c0ad732c560a9cbf7992/123_122.jpeg)
!["Beautiful Zameen" exhibition flyer.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd6aaa2c5923854209a346dea82a71c0d59080b4c3a162c5c60b218dcb477cfc/Beautiful-Zameen-Bakersfield-.jpg)
![CSU Bakersfield students and faculty at the Todd Madigan Gallery.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7eee9509f572633fef319466320271038ccbaf97677928ad1c2d86d56aa61c2c/123_127.jpeg)
![Still from Ali Kazimi's Narmada: A Valley Rises (1994).](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/917bb20c06014406329308ddb8a27b366b9cb298fbc915ec5ce0dff77544c519/20230316_161540.jpg)
!["Beautiful Zameen" opening conversation, facilitated by Jagdeep Raina and Jhani Randhawa.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dbbd04dbee02ee9df4c5aaddb3a36b283279e1326e10272488fc81a1a9e1d83e/123_121.jpeg)
![Jagdeep Raina, Raji Brar, and Bakersfield community at Todd Madigan Gallery.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cd1e31941870181d87b36879d92c41d2f76876cc6de768ffad123c5fd5a94aa/20230316_190513.jpg)
March 16–April 29, 2023
Artist Jagdeep Raina’s solo exhibition “Beautiful Zameen,” hosted by California State University Bakersfield’s Todd Madigan Gallery, curated by Jedediah Caesar.
Jagdeep Raina invited me to compose a response to the works in “Beautiful Zameen,” which are installed with the exhibtion at the Todd Madigan Gallery. After a screening of Ali Kazimi’s Narmada: A Valley Rises (1994) at the March 16, 2023 exhibition opening, I joined Jagdeep in conversation, engaging Bakersfield community members as well as CSU Bakersfield students and faculty.