Spectrum of ideas
Biju Govind
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A three-day artists' camp in Kozhikode was an exercise in creativity.
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REALISM AND SURREALISM: An artist at work in the camp. PHOTO: S. RAMESH KURUP.
Different strokes; different colours: a painting exhibition camp witnesses all these. And the three-day artists' camp organised by S.K. Pottekkat Cultural Centre at Puthiyara in Kozhikode last week was no different.
The different compositions of the artists represented the new face of art in Kerala. The artists were given the freedom to choose their own topic and the 22 artists chose themes ranging from contemporary issues to surrealistic images. Twelve participants were from Kozhikode while the others came from different places in Kerala.
Untitled paintings of Sunil Ashokapuram and Lissy explore the relationship of man with Nature. One is more realistic; other is an imagination. But both had a symmetry of their own that portrayed man's craving for an ideal land.
Another interesting piece was that of Greece-settled artist Johns Mathew whose `Beauty of Solitude' depicted social criticism and `self criticism.'
Fantasy was the theme of another artist, V.K. Sankaran, whose work was an illustration of motley surroundings. The work had just two colours, red for shoeflower and blue for the traditional `tulsi thara.'
Pig series
K. Sudheesh, teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya, East Hill, worked on his ongoing `Pig Series' that symbolise politicians and contemporary issues. The series of paintings was inspired by George Orwell's famous book `Animal Farm,' published in 1945. Sudheesh's work during the camp portrayed a piggery and a sow in the throes of delivering a human being. Red has been abundantly used in the work.
A painting of Bhagyanathan is a sketch of another participant Shanti, a middle-aged woman from Kallai, who took to painting recently. Shanti's two works were simple landscapes in charcoal.
K.R. Babu's work revealed his attempt to deviate from his characteristic mural art form. He blended the mural form with the abstract in his untitled work.
Another excellent abstract composition at the camp was that of Santosh Nilambur, son of playwright Nilambur Balan.
Zakkir Hussain, lecturer at Thiruvananthapuram College of Fine Arts, presented a theme on abortions.
Other attractions include the works of Praveenchandran Moodadi, an enigmatic portrait of a woman in black, saffron and green, M.K. Rajan's `Kaitha black painting,' O. Balan's ' `A forbidden dream' and M.C. Sunil Kumar's ' `Chemmatte Kannukkal.'
Artists Joseph M. Varghese, Suchitra Joshi and V.C. Mahesh also participated in the camp.
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