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In harmonyFOR the third year in a row, Tina Ambani has organised an art exhibition under the Reliance brand name, Harmony. The show which ha...

In harmony

FOR the third year in a row, Tina Ambani has organised an art exhibition under the Reliance brand name, Harmony. The show which has become a favourite with the city’s elite has 125 works of art on display. The price range of the paintings and sculptures on display is from Rs 30,000 to Rs 4.7 lakh. Both new-comers and old-time favourites exhibit their works on the same platform.

The show includes works of artists such as M F Husain, Anjolie Ela Menon, Jaideep Mehrotra and Brinda Chudasama.Harmony also gives away two awards as part of the show — one will go to an emerging artist and the other to an established one. And the winners of the former award were Carl Antao and Sunil Padwal who jointly won the sum of Rs 1.1 lakh. Helping Ambani choose the winners were a whole host of well-known personalities including Malavika Singh and noted art-collector Harsh Goenka.

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At The Nehru Centre, Worli, till April 9, 1998. Time: 10.30 am to 7.00 pm.A dancer’s tune

JaneGoldberg, who has worked with great tap dancers like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, will present a slide presentation of tap’s revival in America. A Chauraha session, Talking Tap, includes rapping and tapping about race relations, feminism, politics, jazz and the contemporary history of tap dancing.

The presentation will be followed by a discussion with Jane Goldberg.On April 13, 1998, at the Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, NCPA. Time 6.30 pm.Machine age man MARATHI stage actor, Sayaji Shinde, who is known for his off-beat roles in off-beat productions, has penned a Marathi play. Called Tumbara, it is (again) indeed an off-beat product. "I have been doing theatre for over 15 years now. I had a feeling that I was repeating myself, that I wasn’t doing anything new," he says. He sat down one night and wrote down all that he felt. His friends liked the 37 pages he wrote. Shanta Gokhale and Sunil Shanbag, the director of the play, realised the theatrical potential of the writing. "To me, everything I wrote wasimportant. But they gave it a face," says Shinde.The play is a monoact that delves into the relationship between man and nature, man and machine.

At Nehru Centre on April 17, 1998. Time: 6.30 pm.

A poet’s life

On the occasion of the fifth birth centenary of poet Tulsidas — who wrote the Ramayan in Awadhi to make it accessible to the common people — Shilpkaar has organised a mono act musical play. A new organisation, this is Shilpkaar’s first venture. The man behind it though is Shekhar Sen who is a singer, music composer and lyricist. He has written, directed and will be enacting Goswami Tulsidas.

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On April 10, 1998 at Bhaidas Hall, Vile Parle Time: 3.30 pm. Contact 6369091 for more information.

Real and abstract

Vipta Kapadia’s recent works titled `Landscape’ are a combination of the real and the absurd. The artist has combined knife and brush to come up with these oils-on-canvas. "They are semi-absurd works. I love nature and used to travel a lot. So I have beeninspired by the places I have seen," says Kapadia. Initially she concentrated on realistic paintings but found herself moving towards the abstract. "I just paint whatever comes to my mind," she says.

The 18 paintings on display are priced in the range of Rs 2,500 to Rs 10,000. A student of fine arts from the Sir J J School of Arts, Kapadia has also studied Interior Designing and Decoration from Mumbai’s SNDT University. Kapadia has had two solo shows prior to this.

At ANZ Grindlays Bank Art Gallery, Breach Candy, till April 18, 1998. Time: 9.30 am to 2.30 pm (Monday to Friday) and 9.30 am to 12.30 pm (Saturdays).