"Grid of Fire - Animals at no hope to escape" A solo show by Artist & Educator Vasudevan Akkitham from Baroda at Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, Lodhi Road > 10am-8pm on 15th-20th October 2012

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Time : 
16th October : 5:00 pm - Opening
15th to 20th October : 10:00 am - 8:00 pm - Exhibition on View

Entry : Free

Place : Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
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Event Details : 'Grid of Fire - Animals at no hope to escape' A solo show by Artist and Educator Vasudevan Akkitham from Baroda (Head of Department painting, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda)

Vasudevan Akkitham, after 6 years, presents a solo show named 'Grid of Fire - Animals at no hope to escape' which is intended to be a response to the violence which has become a part and parcel of our mundane existence. The show that consists of large and small works portrays the world of animals to narrate a doomsday story. They get caught in the vortex of fire with no hope of escape, and all the attempts to extinguish turn futile. The habitat of animals and the future environment of human beings have been depicted in the paintings, with emphasis on the fact that the inevitable destruction is in the offing.
Set in an imaginary burning jungle, stories unfold like narrative tales. What makes this imagination contemporary, is the way in which they are morphed in to the urban settings. Although, violence is the basic underlying pulse of these works, the Artist works with subtle and poetic textures, approaching them as if he is not yet ready to give up hope. Affinity to fire is evident in the paintings which points to the doomsday. At last, it underlines the disagreement of violence and beauty inherent in the symbolic fire, which could be both destructive and constructive at the same time.

About Vasudevan Akkitham : Vasudevan Akkitham was born at Kumaranallur, Kerala in 1958. He completed his Diploma and Post Diploma from the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. In 1988, he did his MA from the Royal College of Art, London. He has illustrated a children's book by Safdar Hashmi. He has held a number of solo exhibitions including two at Gallery 7 in 1989 and 1992 and another at Sakhi Gallery in Bombay again in 1992. He has also been a participant in a number of group exhibitions, notable among them being one in aid of earthquake victims in 1993 in Faridabad and 'Gadya Parr' Show, Gallery Chemould, Bombay in 1989. His work is a part of several reputed collections such as the Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi, Madhavan Nair Museum, Cochin and the Chester Herwitz Family Trust Collection, USA.

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