Ranveer-Deepika painting in NEW ZEALAND

Frankie Goes To Bollywood, by Bepen Bhana, is on the next floor. More light-hearted but also very rich in subject and execution, eight big paintings fill the gallery. These large-scale works mostly depict scenes of the rugged West Coast beaches although one is of the Waitakere reservoir, nestling like a lake in the deep bush near the sweep of the harbour. They are first-class landscape paintings, though their size bears comparison with billboards.

Large figures of lovers, well known in Bollywood films and idealised, glamorous and romantic, are planted in the foreground. The links between Aotearoa and the Hindu diaspora are emphasised by the way titles are given in te reo Maori. One painting in this spectacular show features legendary lovers Ranveer and Deepika at Piha with Lion Rock very evident. Jewellery - especially earrings, which the pair wear - is prominent and not so very far away from traditional Maori adornment.

This appealing show has a delightful element of humour but underlying its wit and spectacular representational skills are issues of identity and integration.