The Monsoon Chapter, 18 Aug - 18 Sep 2006 / It's Raining Poems, 19th August 2006

[Dan Husain]

For all the Mumbaikers on my address book. Here is an opportunity to relish some good poetry. :-)

Cheers

D

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Date: Aug 17, 2006 2:14 AM
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Do pass on to Bombay friends who may be interested. (Caveat: I'm one of the readers, and hopefully won't embarass myself too much.)

The Monsoon Chapter is an exhibition of artworks on the monsoon curated by Himanshu Verma. It opens on the 18th.

Jane Bhandari , poet and artist, has put together It's Raining Poems, a poetry reading, on 19th August as part of The Monsoon Chapter.

(Please note the open mike session. It's open to all who want to come and read their work. On theme, naturally.)

The Venue:
Gallery Art & soul,
1, Madhuli,
Shivsagar estate,
Worli,
Mumbai.

The Readers:
Tom Alter
Ranjit Hoskote
Menka Shivdasani
Sampurna Chatarji
Rohinton Daruwala
Peter Griffin
Manisha Lahke
Jane Bhandari

Time:
7-8 pm for the readers
8-8.30 (or longer if it's going well) Open Mike

Dress Code: Clothes...

Wine and snacks will be served.

To view works from the exhibition, http://www.redearthindia.com/art/exhib/monsoon/

 

 

 The Monsoon Chapter 

Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai

18 August – 18 September 2006; 11 am to 7 pm

Conceived, Curated and Presented by Red Earth

As part of its festival Monsoon at Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 28 July – 3 August, 2006

 

 

 

 

 Presented in Mumbai in association with Gallery Art n Soul

 

Curated by Himanshu Verma; Featuring:

 

 

 

Abhimanue VG

Amita Abbi Prashant

Anjana Mehra

Anu Agarwal

Bandeep Singh

Buwa Shete

Deepak Tandon

Dharmendra Rathore

Eleena Banik

Gautam and Prateek (Klove)

Gogi Saroj Pal

Jaideep Mehrotra

Jane Bhandari

Jatin Das

Jyoti Bhatt

Kanchan Chander

Leena Kejriwal

Lekha Bhagat

Madhur Sen

Manil Gupta

Nayanaa Kanodia

Nitasha Jaini

Pratul Das

Ramananda Bandhopadhyaya

Ravi Agarwal

S. Harshavardhana

Sanjay Bhattacharya

Sanjeev Sonpimpare

Shamshad Hussain

Shibu Arakkal

Smruthi Gargi Eswar

Subrata Kundu

Sunil Gupta

Tanuja Rane

Ved Nayar

Vivek Sahni Design

Vivek Sharma

Yogesh Rawal

 

Special Preview

18 August, 7 pm onwards

 

 

 Join us for a thematic mela opening, complete with all the monsoon trappings: mehendi-wallahs, bangle-sellers, craftspeople, swings and traditional monsoon snacks.

Dress Code: Green

 

 

For Details and Enquiries:

Red Earth; A 39/3, SFS, Saket, New Delhi 17, # 41764054, 41671719; hima...@redearthindia.com / www.redearthindia.com

Gallery Art and Soul; 1 Madhuli, Shivsagar Estate, Worli, Mumbai 18, # 24965789; gallery...@gmail.com / www.galleryartnsoul.com

Brief Curatorial Note

The Monsoon Chapter is actually a tome, with its plentitude of narratives that foreground the multi-hued awakenings and experiences of the Indian Monsoon. The monsoon offers a range of complex sensual, visual and aesthetic experiences, some of which find voice in this show. 

T he Chapter presents myriad views of the monsoon, from those inspired by the classical romantic ideas of the monsoon to the ones shaped by the nitty-gritty of having to deal with the havoc that monsoons bring in our contemporary cities. From romance filled stirrings and metaphysical churnings to pragmatic, cynical views of the monsoon, The Monsoon Chapter takes forward the monsoon story to another level. The grandiose classical majesty of the monsoon is further enhanced by other contemporary narratives, in a unique attempt to celebrate a season that is ever so special to the Indian heart! (Himanshu Verma)

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