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Muster Solitude One of the creations of Kesav

Anyone with a paintbrush and a pot of colours can do abstracts might be an appealing notion, but is far from the truth. Just to prove the falsity of this notion, one has to see Sivakesava Rao’s works that are on display at the Kalahita Art Gallery. The artist does abstracts as well as figurative works that show his skill as well and dexterity. The encompassing theme of this exhibition is ‘Freedom is not free’ a play of words that’s a fair glimpse of the play of colours on Kesav’s canvas.

“Sometimes colours are vocal and overrun my theme. Themes and colours are only the carriers of the image, its deliverance is the primary issue,” writes the artist explaining his art. It is not just colour that Kesav tries to communicate, it is the play with space and the way the lines and contours swish and swipe across his canvas and evolve into complicated shapes that: “The elements may related to day to day objects and matters but they were not meant to be anything,” he writes in a matter of fact way. His colours are influenced by his knowledge of natural dyes. Just to prove the sureness of his touch and thought, the artist says: “I have chosen a medium that does not allow me to make corrections. I began with some of the figurative works.”

If the abstracts reveal one side of personality that wants to play with the mind of the viewer, the figurative works show his other side where subjects are treated with a poignant awareness. If the lines and brushstrokes flow on the abstracts, it is careful detailing and double-touching that is clear in the figurative works.

SERISH NANISETTI

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