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A tribute to the maestro

Madhur Tankha

Eight-day exhibition in memory of Bismillah Khan

COLOURS THAT SPEAK: A work of art by artist Tapan Dash

NEW DELHI: Through his mellifluous music, shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan warmed the hearts of music lovers across the globe. He was single-handedly responsible for raising the level of the shehnai to dizzying heights.

Despite his fame and innumerable awards over the years, he retained his old world Benaras charm.

"Arts in Art"

Now that he is no more, an eight-day exhibition in his memory titled "Arts in Art" is on at Shridharani Gallery here in Triveni Kala Sangam.

The exhibition has works by artists like Pramod Ganapatye, who depicts the folk life of Malwa and focuses on the inner strength and beauty of its hardy women, and well-known artist Arpita Singh, who draws inspiration from literature as well as theatre for her pieces of art and is fascinated more by non-fiction, according to art critic and curator Vinod Bhardwaj.

"Indian abstract art"

"From the outset all over the world abstract artists have had a deep relationship with music. Painters like Ram Kumar have defined the true and original language of Indian abstract art. Ram Kumar, inspired by Benaras, gave a new direction to Indian abstract. In the abstractions of Ambadas, Gopi Gajwani, Manish Pushkale, Anwar, Dharmendra Rathore, Yogendra Tripathi, Narendr Pal Singh, Reena Singh, P. R. Daroz and many others, one can see music's deep spirituality," says Bhardwaj.

"Cinematic language"

Of late, cinematic language has played a significant role in painting.

One can discern a sensitive use of cinematic imagery in the works of Pratul Dash, B. M. Kamath and Binoy Varghese. Subodh Gupta, one of the best-known conceptual artists of the present generation, created a kind of total art in his installations in which ideas, cinema, theatre and video are the dynamic source of the artist's imagination.

Tapan Dash, known for an uncanny blend of male-feminine gaze, uses the human face in a very imaginative way.

His faces remind one of some of Dhoomil's lines.

Artists like Jatin Das in their drawings and watercolours have depicted dance movements in an interesting, intense and creative fashion.

Through their outstanding works, artists Shamshad Husain, Ramesh Bisht, Sanjay Bhattacharyya and Rohit Suri have paid a special tribute to Bismillah Khan.

The exhibition will be on up to October 31.

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