The 28th National Exhibition of Contemporary Art concluded on Sunday at Bharat Bhavan. The art aficionados had an eventful time at the art gallery of Bharat Bhavan as they had a close view of the rarest beautiful art pieces from across the country. The exhibition was an extravagance for the art lovers. Various programmes were organised under the exhibition from art discussion to film screenings.
All the events were much enjoyed by the artists from across the country.
As many as 214 artists participated in the exhibition and displayed their marvelous creations before the Bhopalites.
Moreover, on the concluding day, Pickpocket, a 1959 French film directed by Robert Bresson was screened. It stars the young Uruguayan Martin laSalle, who was a non-professional actor at the time, in the title role, with Marika Green as the ingénue.
Michel is a Paris-based pickpocket. He does it through compulsion as he gets a feeling of exhilaration while committing his crimes, rather than for the money in and of itself as he does not spend it on outward material possessions. He justifies his actions using what he is probably aware is a skewed set of morals. With no other visible means of income, he believes some people in his life suspects what he does, such as his friend Jacques, while others have no idea, such as his sickly mother, who he loves but does not visit often, perhaps to avoid the obvious questions from her.
As he goes about his business, he can spot other pickpockets and although is largely self taught, he does enter into a partnership with two others, one who shows him the tricks of the trade.
The questions become whether this life is indeed self-fulfilling for him, whether the police will eventually catch up with him, and whether he can find anything else in life that he finds just as exhilarating to replace picking pockets.