<b>Kishore Singh:</b> Beyond the myopic labels

An exhibition of paintings on the life and times of Christ has ended at the Church of Santa Monica

An exhibition of paintings on the life and times of Christ has just ended at the Church of Santa Monica, Old Goa. It had previously been shown at St Paul’s Cathedral in Kolkata and the National Gallery of Modern Art in Bengaluru, and will continue to be displayed at churches in different cities. For Madhvi Parekh, it marks a vindication of her oeuvre being considered rural (as opposed to the urban), while, in reality, it is the critics’ difficulty in slotting her that has been responsible for such ignominious labels.

But recent times have been good for the artist who has