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Art turns a new leaf
FROM PULIANTHOPE to Kyoto. S. Dhinakara Sundar has traversed the distance to the land of the rising sun, to pursue art. He has been perfecting a less known form of art, called Collography, and acquiring newer skills to use unconventional media.
This 28-year old graduate of the College of Arts and Crafts in the city moved off the beaten track even when he was pursuing his formal course. Collography was not something that the artists usually opted for, and it thus turned out to be a challenge for him _ and also the route to awards and to a Japanese Government Fellowship Programme for Artists from Abroad.
Dhinakara Sundar's forte is to use materials like cloth, bits of leather, cardboard, mats and so on, which are treated with some materials and then used as medium for art prints.
Sundar has also been perfecting such techniques as etching on lotus leaves, which are treated with acidic water and rendered smooth and translucent. Printing on such things as old scan and x-ray films, discarded compact discs and on lotus leaves are other things which engage his attention.
Some of the works are being showcased at Kyoto city, as a ``Himeji'' Art Exhibition, between February 21 and 27.
Among the fascinating works on the not-so-usual media that Sundar uses is ``The Spiritual Centre'', which presents a landscape of spires. His woodcuts dwell on dreams, emotions and the seasons.
``I have been trying to transform traditional ideas to suit modern approaches,'' he says.
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