One of the most pleasant pieces that I have read recently is entitled " Emotions that flow onto the canvas" written by by a painter, Shweta Chopra, in the NT Panaorama dated 04 April,2004[page 1]. It is nice to read one painter 'painting' a pretty picture of another painter in a local newspaper. It is difficult to miss the article on the page: at one extreme is an image of a painting of a well-endowed woman with a fulsome hip and at the other extreme is a photo of a serious looking man. I do not know if women are fascinated by the sombre looking artist, but his art is almost entirely devoted to them! The artist is none other than Rajendra Usapkar, the de facto curator of the art galleries at the Mhapsa Fest[Feb.13-15.]
Both Shweta and Rajendra were part of the Mhapsa Fest. On Tuesday the 13 April,2004 at 6.30 P.M. Rajendra begins his art exhibition at Galleria Cidade in the shopping arcade of Hotel Cidade de Goa[ just beyond the reception/front office counter, to the right].The exhibition is open to public through the week. Those who like to admire the intrinsic beauty of women, both clothed and titilatingly nude, go see it for yourselves. I had a peek last evening...into the works of Rajendra Usapkar. >From 22 to 24 April, charming Charmin Suares will be part of the art exhibition at the "Down to Earth" programme put together by effusive Ethel da Costa. Rudolf Kammermier of Galleria das Bellas Artes,Calangute,[ and husband of artist Yolanda de Souza] will be the curator. The programme includes a jazz concert. The evening of wine ,women and song is from 5 to 10 p.m. on all three days at the Heritage Precint/F.L.Gomes garden, Campal-Panaji. The occasion: World Earth Day,22 April. On the next day Dr. Willy celebrates his birthday. I do not know if he will like jazz in the middle of the political music in the CM's home constituency. Difficult to take a stand on environment at any time of the year at any venue.It is tougher at Campal, just off the proposed four-lane project, the IFFI venues [Kala Academy, the ex-Bandodkar Football stadium and the ex-GMC complex] and Councillor Patricia Pinto's backyard--quite literally. To extract a commitment, one may actually have to resort to surgery. Two parting thoughts: A child was told of the futility of throwing star fishes back into the sea: there were millions of them for him to make a difference. He replied innocently," What I do makes a difference to the star fish that I put back into the sea." " A drawing is not a form; it is a way of seeing a form." said Edgar Degas[Impressionist Painter] Viva Goa. Miguel Braganza --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/22/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
