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Rare visual jugalbandi on Khajuraho
When the brush meets technology... Amit Dutt and Mohan Kumar at Khajuraho.
A DOUBLE take on Khajuraho is not something that many artists from the country have attempted before. But when Amit Dutt and Mohan Kumar realised that they shared the same curiosity for the acclaimed Indian erotica in sculpture, they decided to use the setting as the inspiration for their next project.
Bringing together a rare combination of the brush and technology will be "Jugalbandi on Khajuraho", an exhibition of drawing on paper and digital photographs on canvas that comes to town next week. To be showcased at the Lalit Kala Akademi from this Sunday, the weeklong exhibition aims to present some of the `unseen' segments of the temple.
"I had heard a lot about the place and had always wanted to visit it. As it happened I met up with Mohan Kumar who also wanted to go to Khajuraho. We left for the place just three days after we had a discussion on the matter. It was a brilliant experience. We would go to the temple first thing in the morning at six and stay there till someone threw us out," reveals Amit Dutt, a Delhi-based artist.
While Amit has used acrylic, charcoal and pastels, Mohan Kumar has made the photographs he had taken by processing the digital pictures on canvas. What makes Mohan's photographs special is the use of colour to create various moods and give more colour to the visuals. For both the most striking thing about the temple has been the mood that they create.
"It is surprising that we cannot judge the actual thinking of the ancient artists. I am taking an opportunity to show the depth of ancient art through my digital work on canvas through which society can find the meaning of the curves of the Khajuraho temple." points out Mohan Kumar.
Also striking, the artists believe, is the way women have been portrayed in these temples. "What struck me most was that the women appeared more powerful than men, be it physically or mentally. This is quite in contrast to the picture we all have. But the sculptures show that the women then clearly enjoyed a strong position in society," Amit Dutt points out.
By Lakshmi Balakrishnan
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