Amitabh, Shahrukh, the superheroes of Italian pop-art

New Delhi, March 07: Amitabh Bachchan is a bearded Superman and Shah Rukh wears the red and blue costume of Spider Man. The two Bollywood stars are not part of a new superhero flick, instead these ‘avatars’ are the imagination of an Italian pop artist.

The Bollywood toys, a trio of Amitabh, Shah Rukh and Anil Kapoor, by David Cesaria are part of the first ever exhibition of Italian neo-pop art in the country.

After a show in Mumbai, the exhibition titled ‘Dadaumpop’ is on show in Delhi and curator Igor Zanti, says that India, with it’s colours and characters, is the spiritual home of all things pop.

—–PTI