MumbaiMirror 48 DOUBLE REED FLUTE BY RAMNATH ALGOJA AT KALA GHODA AT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2011 VARIETY RAMPART ROW STREET, 6.35 PM ONWARDS www.mumbaimirror.com/listings [email protected] DEEPAK TURBHEKAR EVENTS exhibition » Photography exhibition: 26 at Art Musings Gallery, Admirali- ‘Lost in Tranquility’ by Richa Arora ty Bldg, Colaba Cross Lane. Call: at Piramal Art Gallery till Feb 10, 12 22163339. noon to 8.00 pm. » Travel photography exhibi- Neha Choksi working at Space 118 and an art work by Myriam Omar Awadi (right) » Solo exhibition: ‘Remember- tion: Photolog 2011, an outdoor ing to Forget’ by Nandini Valli Muthi- travel photography exhibition at Art ah at Sakshi Gallery, Colaba till Feb Gallery, Ravindra Natya Mandir, 15, 11.00 am to 6.00 pm. Call: Prabhadevi from Feb 10 to Feb 13, 66103424 11.00 am to 8.00 pm » » Land art installations: ‘Non Group exhibition: Ceramics, Room for art Violence II’, a land art project at pottery, sculpture and murals by Hornimon Circle till Feb 13. various artists from Feb 8 to 14, 11.00 am to 7.00 pm at Kamalnayan » Group exhibition: ‘Art For Dig- Bajaj Art Gallery, opp INOX, Nari- nity 2011’ by various artists at Hirji man Point. Space 118, a warehouse in Mazagaon converted into a studio, hosts its first exhibition Gallery, Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala from across demographics in order to give Mauritius, has been meticulously painting » Reema.Gehi Ghoda from Feb 10 to Feb 15, 11.00 Group exhibition: ‘Life & Be- @timesgroup.com impetus to their work. her watercolour drawings since the last two am to 7.00 pm. yond’ by various artists from Feb 8 Doshi invited visual artists, sculptors months. She traced her artwork on paper to March 2 at Point of View Art t’s factored around the Baroda way of and photographers like Sareena Khemka, and recruited embroiders to manifest them » Solo exhibition: “One Tribe”, Gallery, 63/65, Wodehouse Road, art. The quaint town in Gujarat has cul- Neha Choksi, Myriam Omar Awadi, Shilpa on cloth. Besides, her work focuses on an tribute to folk art by Bharati Prajap- Colaba. Call: 22186151/52. Preview tivated a cultural space, which integrates Mukerji, Tejal Shah and Vijayendra Sekhon, ongoing project that involves several medi- ati at Cymroza Art Gallery from till on Feb 8, 7 pm onwards. Sundays the personal and the collective quite based on statement of purpose(s) written by ums including performance, video, ceram- Feb 19, 11.00 am to 7.00 pm closed effectively. A lot of this has been possi- them. To execute their work, the artists ic sculpture, drawing and writing. Ible because, apart from the artist crop culti- were allotted the box-sized studios for up to » Photography exhibition: ‘Art vated in the MS University, over the years six months. They had the liberty to create NOT JUST ANOTHER STUDIO Thru The Lens’ by Rajan Kapoor and several collective art studios for young artists whatever they envisioned and work at their This Saturday, some of these artists will dis- Sanjay Bhattacharya at Jehangir have surfaced in Baroda. Theoretical studies own freewill. “As long as they are serious play their intimate works including paint- Art Gallery till Feb 13, 11.00 am to and critiquing, along with hands-on work about their work, I have no restrictions ings, sculptures and photographs inside the 7.00 pm at the studios bind most of the artists in from my side,” mentions Doshi. ingenious space. The patio will be reserved » their artistic and intellectual quests. for displaying bigger sculptures and art- Group exhibition: at Moksh WORK IN PROGRESS works. Once the open- studio-day wraps up, Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda from Feb 1 REPLICATING CONCEPTS The Los Angeles-based sculptor Choksi who another set of artists will inhabit the space. to Feb 15, 1.00 pm to 11.00 pm. Hoping to replicate this trend in Mumbai, has been working on multiple projects, at In the coming years, Doshi plans to expand Call: 9820476729, 9324016017 circa two years ago, the director of Space the space, including a work that was exhib- Space 118 into a full-time artist residency. » 118, Saloni Doshi quit her job, in media, to ited at the recent India Art Summit in Delhi, As Doshi concludes, “This space is only a Group exhibition: ‘Reso- turn her obsession for art into a full-time says, “Although it was difficult to work in small fraction of the synergy of the entire nance’, a group show from Feb 4 to profession. She transformed an old ware- the 330-square-feet-room, so much of con- art ecosystem. Our city needs several more house, stashed away in Mazagaon, into a crete work couldn’t have been created with- art hubs like these where artists can work music | dance | workshop four-room studio space. The 30-year-old art in the conceivable time in a flat. So, work- and grow together.” Touché. » collector has built a working space, ing at a studio like this certainly helps.” Weekend trails: Blueberry da Saraswation February 12, 2011 equipped with a washroom and a kitchen, At the adjacent studio, Omar Awadi, For more details about the exhibition log onto: Trails heads out to Bordi and Panch- and February 13, 2011 at Matunga. for an eclectic bunch of art practitioners from Reunion Island (France) near http://space118.com/ or call 65222235 gani, featuring sea food, chickoo or- Call: 9833128271 chards, waterfalls and bonfires on Feb 12 and 13. 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I would A six-week workshop at Prabhadevi, With a Bollywood career that is blos- not want to take away any of their lime- » Paper art: Learn origami, Irish Feb 11 onwards. Call: 9221416031 soming, Kailash is excited to try his hand at light. I will be performing Saiyaan. Though work, tea bag folding, quilling and something new. “A couple of years ago I we haven’t rehearsed yet I really hope that crystal work at Andheri. » Pt Durgalal Fest of Dance & recorded a song which had about 30 to 40 Naresh and Paresh will join me. After all it Call: 9320096644, 9819096644 Music: on Feb 9, 7pm onwards at musicians. It was recorded live, which is their composition.” Nehru Centre, Worli. Donor passes meant that any mistake committed and » Religious event : A seminar available for Rs 50 and 100 at we’d have had to retake the entire song, The gig will be held on Feb 12 at RWITC, and a talk of Pujya Swami Dayana- Rhythm House and the venue. thankfully I was on the ball. At this per- Mahalaxmi. 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