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Well-executed works make this exhibition by youngsters different
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SHOW OF YOUNG TALENT One of the works on display
GenX is an exhibition by a dozen young artists from different backgrounds, most of them now settled in Baroda. They aren't young turks, they aren't rebels without causes and maybe that's why this exhibition works well. And there isn't any of that gimmickry usually associated with art these days.
The clarity of the idea and the neatness of execution are refreshing. Sandip Daptari's little girl caught in a moment of absolute freedom is swinging on a hanging tyre amidst floating soap bubbles. There isn't much else to this painting titled `Khwaishein', no deep philosophy, no profound truth, but just that moment. Yet it'll keep you staring at the picture and leave you smiling.
This generation knows how to have fun. Their works are confident, clever and enjoyable. Take Farhad Hussain's statement on social attitudes. "We too have pedigree" has a pink man-headed dog climbing on a woman, while three others including a torso-less high-heeled woman watch on.
The palette is fresh too. Alok Bal's two-winged footballers stand staring at the ball that's placed on a lotus in the middle of an empty, bright green field. Sharmi Choudhury's pink monkeys hang from branches in a composition that has the lyricism of Mughal miniatures. Apu Das Gupta's men are staring at birds and sunflowers on the other side of a mesh. Sudip Datta has footwear left behind — sometimes left behind in a hurry to look over a wall and sometimes left behind by a natural disaster. Rajib Choudhury's mixed media series titled malhar (inspired by rain) uses photo-realism imagery in high contrast but sometimes with screechy patches of colours.
"These are artists who haven't been exposed to Chennai yet. And what's nice about them is that they come with strong concepts and ideas, and with highly skilled backgrounds to execute them," says Sarla Bannerjee, of Art World.
Be it Sandip Daptari's playful surrealism or Sarika Mehta's greyer versions, Ajay Lakhera or Ajay Sharma's witty social comments or the works of Nirmala Prabhakar or Sudarshan Biswal, this exhibition certainly makes an impression. GenX is open from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., and is on till July 20 at Art World, 1/12, Ganeshpuram, Third Street, off Cenotaph Road, Ph: 24338691/ 24315371.
MEERA MOHANTY
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