September 14, 1998
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ART Tempera Paintings -- Group Show (Art Today, Delhi: September 7-19 ) Women -- reflective, repressed, distant -- are a recurring theme in many of the paintings on display here. As for the painters, the list includes Lalu Prosad Shaw, Jai Zharotia, T. Vaikuntam, Gautam Basu, Parthasarathi Chattopadhyay, Bibhuti Bhusan Sikdar, Sanat Kar, Suman Gupta and Biswapati Maiti. An impressive array of both artists and works in tempera. Recent Collages -- Yogesh Rawal Minimalist and often almost remote, Yogesh Rawal's collages are painterly in their appearance. Interesting experimentation with material -- tissue paper and resin on treated wood -- complements the subtlety of the abstract works by this artist who divides his time between Bhopal and Mumbai. MUSIC These are supposed to be fun-filled lyrics to go with slapstick comedy. There's just one problem though. The songs are so run-of-the-mill, they are bound to get on your nerves. Sudesh Bhosle, as always doing his Amitabh Bachchan imitation, fails to get things swinging. A noisy collection. Not worth picking up. Lara Lappa It's yesterday once more, but with a difference. The music has been carefully re-recorded in a modern studio using the original instruments, and then overlaid with the original voice track. The set includes classics like Chup chup khade ho from the film Badi Behen, Lara lappa sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi, and Dum dum diga diga by Mukesh. THEATRE Scene Stealers is a relatively new entrant on the Delhi theatre scene. Their first play in the city, Funny Money, was a rollicking comedy. They've also done Tara, a look at the marginalised and the unwanted, by playwright Mahesh Dattani. Now it's back to your funny bone with Duet for Three, the story of a nervous spinster and a wannabe-macho bachelor. A trifle cliched but lots of fun all the same. |
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