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ART Paintings -- Sudeep Roy
(Art Today, Delhi; April 17-28)
What is remarkable about these watercolours is the effective use of light and
shade, whether to highlight spaces (Market, Beyond Darkness), depict a gentle fading away
(Old Musician), or even portray everyday events like the burning of the effigy of Ravana.
These paintings are not complex commentaries on modern living. They're simple, pretty and
soothing to the eye.
MUSIC
Jugalbandi (Duet) Series -- Balamurali Krishna,
Bhimsen Joshi
(Navras Records; Rs 65 each)
These two volumes contain a rare jugalbandi (not an effort at fusion) between
Hindustani and Carnatic music by the two great masters, in ragas Darbari Kanada, Malkauns,
Bhairavi and Bhairav. It is not a predictable presentation as the solo passages are
interspersed with sections in which the artists alternate short phrases, imitating and
responding to one another, even overlapping.
ODD ENDS
Women's Voices
(Indian Habitat Centre, Delhi -- April 23-25; French Cultural
Centre -- April 23-29; Installation Exhibition moves to Alliance Francaise -- April 28 to
May 7)
Delhi University and the Embassy of France along with some
other organisations are putting up three parallel events in memory of French writer
Marguerite Yourcenar. There's a three-day seminar on women's writing that will be
atten-ded by prominent women writers, a film festival, and an exhibition of photo
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