Spontaneous burst of colours

IT IS heartening to see young artist C. Krishnaswamy moving on to new ideas in his abstract paintings, even though there might be some elements of composition, which he had already used. Using vertical, horizontal and diagonal bars along with circles, arcs and curves, he creates attractive imageries; the geometric elements move in and out of colours juxtaposed in an interesting manner; the colours, even the bright reds, blues, yellow and deep browns blend smoothly at their edges, often with a kind of cloudy burst.

The title `Spontaneity' seems apt because ``the works just evolved - without any preconceived ideas of either composition or colours,'' says Krishnaswamy. While the large areas of colours offer a smooth surface, the surface of the bars and circles present a rough texture creating an interesting contrast. `Spontaneity' is on show at the Vinyasa Art Gallery till December 17 (11 a.m. - 7 p.m.)

Prize winning works

The Exhibition 2000-2001 at the Lalit Kala Akademi includes the prize winning paintings, sculptures and graphics of senior and junior artists of Tamil Nadu. The awards have been given by the Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu, Central Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi and AIFACS, New Delhi. However it should be said that those that have not been chosen for awards are in any way less in artistic value than the winners. Judging by some of the works and their creators, it appears that what matters most is that the artists must be at the right place and at the right time.

On the occasion of the inauguration of the show, senior artists K. M. Adimoolam and S. P. Jayakar from among the contemporary artists here honoured with the title `Kalaicchemmal', while from the traditional group S. Devasenapathy Sthapathi and S. Ramachandra Achari received the title. A few abstract paintings of Adimoolam and fine figurative works by Jayakar and the traditional bronzes by Senapathy - the Bikshadanar and Parvathi are exquisite - are on display. Wood carvings by Achari have not been shown.

From the 27 award-winning works, commendable ones have come from R. Balasubramaniam, Maria Antony Raj, S. K. Srinivasan, S. Doss, R. Karthikeyan, V. R. Raviram (all Kuzhu awardees for sculpture), N. Karunamoorthy, A. Z. Ranjit (Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi), Kanakasabhamani, K. A. Sundaresan and Kamaleshkumar (AIFACS, New Delhi).

Among the other exhibits this time young sculptors such as Dimpy Menon, C. M. Praveen, M. Sankar, P. Vasudevan and S. Vinoth really impress with their creations, though most of them are in the same figurative style. As for painting M. Mathavan's `Landscape', S. Anand's `Nature I', Sathees Kumar's `HIV', the collography of S. Deepa and the mixed media works of G. Tiruonavacarassou attract attention.

Also on display are creations from senior artists by invitation. The show is on till December 16 (12 noon - 7 p.m.)

LAKSHMI VENKATRAMAN

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