Art reviews
Tangible elusiveness A part of "Affidavit", the exhibition by Bharathesh G.D. at Bar1 (May 12 to 14), one faced on entering the space was meant, as the title suggested, to only document or merely...
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Lively performance
Karnatic vocal reverberated in the spacious corridors of the Devagiri Venkataramanaswamy Temple in Banashankari second stage) on a make-shift elevated platform, in front of the beautifully decorated...
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Values of artisanship
The quite vast display of works by Kanaka Murthy, accompanied by a substantial documentary film, was held at the Venkatappa Art Gallery (May 20 to 25) to mark the fact that this senior sculptor from...
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H N Memorial festivalThe Bangalore Lalithakala Parishat conducted the annual "Dr H Narasimhaiah Memorial Cultural Festival," last week.Padmabhushan Dr H Narasimhaiah was a Gandhian and freedom fighter....
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Document and evocationThe series of video films and photographic prints presented by Bhavani G S at the Venkatappa Art Gallery (May 26 to 30) revolved around her "Journey with the River Cauvery", the...
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Document and homageM Shanthamani's work has always been empathic to the physicality of the environment and the human condition, its rawness revealing both vulnerability or dying and resilience or...
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Evocative vocalSri Rama Lalithakala Mandira presented a vocal concert on Saturday evening, by G Ravi Kiran. Ravi Kiran, after good foundation from senior artistes is continuing his training now with T...
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Music & dance reviews
Impact lackingSangeetha, who gave a Mohiniattam dance recital for the Every Friday Cultural Evening Programme, has practiced all the three forms - Bharathanatya, Mohiniattam and Kathakali, by different...
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Attuned within and withoutV-3 are a group of friends who having shared their educational beginnings at Bangalore's Ken School of Art some two decades ago still like to exhibit together. 'In Course of...
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Lively percussion ensembleCurtains came down on this year's "Thaalavadyotsava" with a special percussion ensemble by Laya Taranga. Combining well with Indian Traditional instruments (mridanga and...
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Between naivety and complexityThe "Green Grey" exhibition presented the results of this year's Khoj-supported Karnataka-Karnataka project at the Bengaluru Artist Residency One (July 20 to 25). Its...
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Keshava KalaratnaThe Keshava Samskruthi Sabha is catering to the cultural needs of the ISRO Layout residents through dance and music programmes, from last 11 years. On the occasion of its 11th...
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Complexity in the rudimentaryThe two latest exhibitions at 1, Shanthi Road Studio/Gallery, within their clear difference, shared a general approach both to reality and to art-making that relies on...
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Defiance and reflection"Monkey Gate" at Bar1 (August 18 to 20) offered another peek into the ongoing effort of this informal artists' initiative to stimulate and sustain a creative community...
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Successful Nitya NrityaNitya Nritya, the annual dance festival was held last week, under the aegis of the Nupura, the premier dance school of Bangalore. This year also it attracted with lecture and...
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One recalls Anup Mathew Tomas's straight, non-aesthetising photographs that indifferently document ordinary sights of his native Kerala that from within the character of those sights offer an intuition...
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Pleasing sans sparkleChandrasekhar, a Veena player, is a budding artiste of the State. Though blind by birth, he is determined to climb great heights. Chandrasekhar performed for alumni of the Bhavan's...
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Tentative self-moulding in travel"450 miles of thriving silence", Rajarshi Sengupta's just concluded exhibition evoking-narrating-explaining the role of journeys through the spaces, sights and...
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Homage to GuruProf M P L Sastry (1912-2001) has served in the field of education for several decades. He was a great scholar and also served as a member of the Legislative Council . Above all, he...
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Immobility stimulates meaningAn exhibition, "37 Indian Still Lifes", comprising works of mostly the country's photographers and a number of foreigners shooting here, Tasveer's latest exhibition...
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