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March 15, 1998 REVIEW : BLOOMING OF TALENT For an artist who is making her debut, Rakhee Shah surely shows a lot of promise. She is exhibiting her works at Y. B. Chavan Art Gallery, which is on till 16th of March. While one side of the exhibition hall has the paintings - the canvases on which female figures dominate, the most striking aspect of these canvases is that all of them exude a three dimensional effect. Rakhee employs a different technique to lend their style to her works. She treats her canvases with 'ceramics', which is a long process. Though, most of the female countenance appear to be similar, the expression on each one them are different. 'The Silent Whisper', 'The Queen', 'The Princess', or 'The Bride' etc are some of the works. While on the other hand, she has hung some of the works which are totally different from the ones mentioned above. Here, she is presenting some of the landscapes and of course, 'abstracts'. In one of the frames, the strokes which are created on canvases, with an array of colours, the greens, the yellows coalesced very beautifully with the blues, is 'piece de resistance'. She paints a picture of the 'sea waves' lashing to the sturdy stones. She is presenting a 'scenic beauty' of snow capped mountains. Her colour schemings are noteworthy. On
closer look, it is revealed that Rakhee has dabbled with fashion
designing. But fate had other plans for her. Rightly, she
is fashioning her career in a different direction. Her works,
figuratives as well as landscapes, are poles apart, in style
and execution. Yet, she shows a promise of 'blooming of a
talent'. REVIEW : ART'S ENIGMA Rakhee Shah makes her debut into the art world with Enigma. A self-taught artist, this 22-year old B.Com. graduate was encouraged to paint by James Butler, a sculptor who is a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, a member of the Royal West of England Academy and a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. He will be in India to inaugurate the show. Defined as "The essence of art. The identity of womanhood. The mystique of nature…", Shah's exhibit is the result of three years of work. At
the Y. B. Chavan Art Gallery, from March 10 to March 16, 1998. March 31, 2000 LONDON KENDRA EXHIBITION Rakhee Shah is a 24-year old artist from Mumbai. Her painting in oils and a form of stucco are painstakingly executed with minute detail portraying the beauty and grace of Indian women in ethnic formal attire. Rakhee Shah's paintings were on display at the 'India : Sight and Exhibitions' held at the London Kendra of the Bhavan in August last. The
exhibition was opened on August 13, 1999 by the then Indian
High Commissioner, Shri Lalit Mansingh, in London. The exhibition
was the brain-child of Shri K.V. Radhakrishnan, Co-Chairman
of Bhavan's Education and Visual Arts sub-committee.
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