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| OPEN ART: Jasmine juras, blouses, henna packets and
even a Calvin Klein fuchsia bag were hemmed into Kristine Michael's
"Modinagar quilt" |
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| a confident cast checks out the used tea bag dress
sewn by Bruguera |
so what if
Thailand's Montri Toemsombat's "art cart" failed him on the
penultimate day of the two-week Khoj International Artists' Workshop at
Modinagar near Delhi because a pleb-scared bullock refused to move?
Or Cuba's Tania Bruguera and her protege Wasim had to do without a girl
for a bride in their Bollywood-inspired PLA?
They had the limelight at the open studio day when installations were
exhibited to the public-mostly art students. An artist-led initiative
based in Delhi, the Khoj Workshop in its fifth year had 12 international
and 12 Indian artists participating, and culminated in a "grand picnic"
for all on Sunday.
-Mridula Chettri Singh
Dinner Belles
Chennai is witnessing what appears to be an unprecedented coalition of
cuisine and couture. Sharmila Bajoria (below, third from left), the owner
of Vastrini boutique, found a way to fill her new Chinese restaurant,
 Beijing
Blues, to capacity-with a monthly fashion show. "I wanted to try
out something new. Give more entertainment to our customers," says
Bajoria ... which also means that the gimmick was not spurred by her lack
of confidence in the restaurant's food. At the first show last week, leading
Chennai models Nirupama, Divya and Sangeetha, among others, displayed
clothes designed by Bajoria herself, as contented guests feasted on pepper
prawns and chicken wings. The models had also rehearsed how not to bang
into waiters with trays.
-Kavitha Muralidharan
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