Limited Limitlessness - Kamaljeet Ajimal

Tuesday 24th - Saturday 28th July 2007
Gallery Open: 12 - 7pm
Live Classical Indian music recitals every night: 7pm onwards

For the second exhibition in Summer Programme, 42 New Briggate Gallery presented Limited Limitlessness, a solo show by Leeds-based artist Kamaljeet Ajimal with large-scale painting and live classical Indian music.

Kamaljeet's practice is concerned with the visual representation of the Raga and Rasa* as evoked through classical Indian music. Her paintings utilise the psychological properties of colour to create dialogues between the visual and the audio. Accompanied by the Tanpura (a four stringed drone instrument used in all classical Indian musicl recitals), the rhythms in the paintings resonate with the vibrations of the music they represent.

The exhibition featured a special series of Classical Indian musical recitals in the Gallery, allowing the audience to experience first hand the themes in the paintings.

*Ragas are used in traditional Indian music as a specific framework for melody and improvisation, used to evoke emotion in the listener.
Rasa literally describes a 'living liquid' like nectar or sap. In Indian art it refers to the moods that can be created by experiencing art.

Schedule of recitals:




Musicians who performed in the gallery.

Tuesday 24th July



Shri Harjinderpal Singh - Santoor
Shri Kousic Sen - Tabla Shri Dharambir Singh - Sitar
Shri Kousic Sen - Tabla

Wednesday 25th July



Kamaljeet Ajimal - Santoor
Pritpal Rai - Tabla
Sukhmani Rayat - Tabla

Plus special Guest

Thursday 26th July



Jesse Bannister - Saxophone
Pritpal Rai - Tabla
Sukhmani Rayat - Tabla

Plus special Guest

Friday 27th July



Soumik Datta - Sarod
Bhupinder Singh - Tabla

Saturday 28th July




Kirpal Singh Panesar - Tar Shehnai
Mr Panesar - Tabla

Plus special guest Talvin Singh