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Many faces of Pamela
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Pamela Singh's mixed media works show that she does not shy away from portraying herself
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Pamela Singh may have moved on, changed her last name, got herself degrees from Parsons School of Design, and International Centre of Photography, New York, hung around with heavy weights of photography, the likes of David Bailey and Raghu Rai to name a few, covered famines and genocides in Rwanda, Ethiopia and other African countries, got published in the Washington Post and Newsweek, and worked with the UN. But she's yet to live down her infamous reputation.
For the audience spilling out of the small gallery space, tucked into a corner leading to Taj Connemara's Verandah, the "The Faiyum Collection" was a small consolation for not meeting the artist in person. They were there as much out of curiosity as for the love of art.
In this exhibition, the faces are all hers — as a brahmin boy, as the lazy Roman or as a vain lady, it's Singh's eyes and lips and nose staring out at you. Singh does not shy away from portraying herself.
Sometimes wittily, and with great computer graphic skills, the artist has managed to recreate the Greco-Roman style of portraiture popular in ancient Egypt. It's not clear what exactly it is — the sadness in the eyes, or the fact that the original portraits in their times were also draped over Egyptian mummies before they were entombed — but something about the large portraits is a little unnerving.
The exhibition marked the launch of Apparao Infinity, a gallery dedicated to photography and digital arts. "It's quite a coup to get Pamela Singh to open with," said Sanjukta Roy, Director of PR, Taj Hotels Chennai. Added Sharan Apparao: "We didn't want to start with something classical. This is a little more fun."
The gallery has an impressive line up of artists — Ram Rehman, Amit Mehra, Devaki Nirula, Olivia Arther and George K, and Kriti Arora.
MEERA MOHANTY
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