Wielding the brush for a cause
A. D RANGARAJAN
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An art camp that truly supported the cause.
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Photo: K.V Poornachandra Kumar
Worthy cause Artists at the camp
The brushes and chisels moved swiftly on their respective media for driving home a message loud and clear to the mothers and the younger lot on the importance of breast feeding.
In connection with the Breast Feeding Week celebrations, Sri Kalakshetra, a Tirupati-based body of art enthusiasts, conducted an art camp at the TTD’s Sri Venkateswara Institute of Traditional Sculpture and Architecture (SVITSA)
Different strokes
Of the twenty artists who took part in the camp, fifteen worked on canvas with oil, water and acrylic colours, while five took to sculpting on different media ranging from as clay, wax, wood and stone to plaster of Paris.
Giving a tangible shape to his idea, Damodarachary, a traditional painter from Srikalahasti, sprayed colours on the canvas to project breastfeeding as a noble activity, while K. Sitaram of Chittoor added a folk touch to his painting in acrylic to show an innocent rustic woman, free of inhibitions, feeding her child.
On the other hand, Sri Kalakshetra’s general secretary G. Venkateswarlu (Sagar) showed a modern lady feeding her child to spread the message among the beauty-conscious urban women, who are generally believed to nurture feelings of hesitation, abhorrence and contempt for breast-feeding.
“I believe my painting will convince city-dwelling ladies that breast feeding will in no way come in the way of their physique”, he said.
Instead of a brush, he used a knife and oil colours (knife painting) to give a natural touch to his work, while the president of the body, A. Ramachandraiah took to acrylic painting in folk style. Members Dr. Balaji, G. Ramesh and B. Kirankumari also came out with interesting paintings for the noble cause.
A new focus
The SVITSA students, who are taught only traditional painting and sculpture, overcame their academic barriers with grit, made their imagination run wild on the canvas and came out with attractive art forms that were later displayed at the day-long exhibition.
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