Coalition Ingenu, Saint John's Hospice and Project H.O.M.E. are proud to present the art work of Batsaihan Purveegiin. Mr. Purveegiin is an intelligent and educated man with a complex history of political activism, serious physical challenges, incarceration and homelessness.

The show features a unique collection of paintings and renderings of Mr. Purveegiin's beloved Mongolia as well as New York City street life and impressions of American politics.

Opening Reception
Thursday, August 24, 2000
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Back Space and Back Home Café Galleries of Project H.O.M.E.
1515 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia

Show continues through September 30, 2000

Coalition Ingenu is a nonprofit organization that promotes artwork by people with histories of homelessness and/or mental illness. Saint John's Hospice and Project H.O.M.E. work with homeless people to help them establish more productive and meaningful lives.

Batsaihan Purveegiin initially discovered his talent and passion for art as part of a rehabilitation process to recover the use of his severely burned hands after an explosion at a power company in Mongolia. In 1991, Mr. Purveegiin received a $22,000 grant from the Mongolian People's Republic to study art at the Art Students League in New York City. He has since exhibited his work in several New York art galleries. When personal and political problems prevented his return to Mongolia, he became depressed, and ultimately homeless. Mr. Purveegiin currently resides at Saint John's Hospice and participates regularly in art classes at Saint John's and Project H.O.M.E.

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Editor's Note: For more information, contact Sister Virginia Herling at St. John's Hospice at
215-5633-7763 or contact Robert Bullock at Ingenu at 215-878-1825.

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Donna Crilley
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215-587-3747