shaam pahapalkars show imaginatively titled julie miss is an exhibition of paintings and installations that focuses on two disparate viewpoints hope and despair between small towns and large cities a city is a visual enterprise and anything here can be bought and sold on its face value says shaam while he describes his initial feeling about mumbai a native of mandala he says i had in front of me the difference in human values and that is the focus of my new show describing the artists who have inspired him he says the works of bhupendra khakar are reflective of their social milieu works of ramkinker baij inspire innocence the way van gogh applies colour i see the truth of that person to be so true and pure is difficult the video installations of contemporary artists like anish kapur mithu sen and ranbir have also fascinated me talking about his childhood he says a persons childhood remains with them the same way a child remains with its mother or fragrance with its rose the culture in which one is brought up directs ones perception my life began in a town that seemed more like a village surrounded by the natures beauty like picturesque mountains and rivers mandala is a sacred place in the western district of madya pradesh natives are simple and religious minded my primary inspirations have been my family when i was small i used to see them decorate idols during ganeshutsav i liked it a lot and would create a small idol of ganpati myself and decorate it in some corner later i shifted to mumbai and delhi the differences between smaller and bigger places have left a lasting impression on me in metros all things around me were new and different life in mumbai had made strong impressions on meshaam pahapalkar works titled julie miss can be viewed at jehangir art gallery auditorium hall m g road kala ghoda till september 23 11 am to 7 pm