nothing much to write.
My rankings: * to ****************************************endless......
Performance 1 **hmm ok one more *
artist name: Nikhil Chopra
country: India
Location: Chatterjee and Lal ( no it is not a chartered account's office it is a kool gallery), Mumbai
timing: 12 to 5-- woooo for 5 days
set: drums drums drums, beer beer beer, cig, cig cigssss, and dark dark dark, with 1spot light
costume: daily different, golden to chikimiki black/blue i dont know the blue was the light or the dress, but black for sure.
Photo:
i could take photo without permission :-)
concept: drink drink drink and beat the drum, sometimes the artists little 2 or 3 yrs old son came to offer help as the child thought he can beat up the drum better. But the talented upcoming son was ignored by the drunk jealous father, so the son preferred to take a revenge by loudly howling and then we saw the son was shooed way.
i would say Nikhil Chopras this performance was like an interval, retaining his english babu style
PS: by the way i heard he was beating these kind of drums for the first time.
Show no 2: **
Artist name: T Venkanna
Country: India
Location: Gallery Maskara, Warehouse on 3rd Pasta' (this is not the italian pasta lane)
Photo strictly prohibited – the quality, my cell ph image gives anyways the artist would have committed suicide.
Need to know badly why the gender and sp the male gender has become so important, is it because now people are open, coming out of the closets? Or is it a in thing. 10 or maybe 20years back it was female female gaze then the migration, race and other stuff even like child labor came as a fashion now we have the Male ko dikhao....
toys were made well.
I think Maskara had few brilliant shows in his first year. He claims Venkanna to be his best but i disagree.
Show no 3: ***
Artist name: Bharat Sikka
Country: India
Location: Project88
why to take a photo of a photo?
Nothing much to say
Show no 4:
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Artist name: Sunil Gawde
Country: India
Location: Sakshi
old work displayed before, but this was his 2nd edition and this edition went to Venice Biennial. And then he completed his half century.
Big Joos after that.
Show no 5**********************************conti....
The Artful Pose: Early Studio Photography in Mumbai
(c.1855-1940) at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Jijamata Udyan, Byculla
collection from Alkazi Foundation for the Arts
was so much into the works forgot to take photographs not sure of permission but purchased a book.
The last thing of the day i wanted to watch Road Movies but alas it is gone hope it is going on somewhere but now will see LSD for sure.
Cycle is going quite strong – had a round in SG Park –nice to cycle there but rs 20 every day is quite bizarre.
Earlier shows which continued till this week:
Show no 6 – Pink *
Opening was filled with all kinds of Stars so she gets pink star
Artist: Mithu Sen
Country India
Location: Chemould Prescott Road, Queens mansion
Title of the show: Black Candy (iforgotmypenisathome)
Many people actually forgot their pen by mistake instead of ......
Title had too much fire without a lighter. People went mad on the title. It became a trend in FB and there was a Black candy language created -like we had silsila sarees in fashion in the late 80s. But my grammar and sentence making is better than the BC lingo.
Show no 7– 2 spaces one space gets ** &little more and another gets *
Artist: Shreyas Karle
Country India
Location: Gallery Pundole and Project 88 (2 solo together actually he should get more stars i will check on my rating soon and consider the application.
Will he become the future star or will he become a falling star? Political humor needs more understanding and polishing. But good approach and like the simplicity. But lacks stability. He is walking on the thin line so he might fall either ways –need to watch
Show no 8 : *
title of the show: Her Work is Never Done—I, II
what does the title exactly mean?
Do u mean she never works or she only works and doesn't do any masti? Or it is a very complex superwomen? 'HER' is addressed to exactly whom? But the concept says she is a supper heroine, then my question is if she is a superwomen then chutki mai kaam hona chaheye boss.
