Vadehra Art Gallery presents A Ramachandran: A Retrospective - Drawings, Sketches & Studies | Ekalinji Fantasy at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House > 12th to 25th November 2014
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12th November : 6:00 pm Add to Calendar 12-11-2014 18:00:00 12-11-2014 19:30:00 68 Vadehra Art Gallery presents A Ramachandran: A Retrospective - Drawings, Sketches & Studies | Ekalinji Fantasy Event Page : http://goo.gl/ug13K3 Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY - Opening by Accompanied with Book Launch of A Ramachandran: Life and Art in Lines, edited by R. Siva Kumar
13th to 25th November : 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 13-11-2014 11:00:00 25-11-2014 19:00:00 68 Vadehra Art Gallery presents A Ramachandran: A Retrospective - Drawings, Sketches& Studies | Ekalinji Fantasy Event Page : http://goo.gl/ug13K3 Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY - Exhibition on View
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Event Description : Vadehra Art Gallery presents A Ramachandran: A Retrospective - Drawings, Sketches and Studies | Ekalinji Fantasy.
Born in Kerala 1935, Ramachandran studied art in Santiniketan where the cultural and intellectual milieu of Santiniketan drew him closer to the art traditions of India and other civilizations and began his lifelong research on mural paintings of Keralan temples.
The Retrospective is structured chronologically as well as thematically and moves from 1958 to the present, while Ekalinji Fantasy focuses on a more recent body of works. The artist comments on this body of work: “The large paintings and sculptures are centred around a small temple town Ekalinji, where the ancient ruined temples surrounded by Bhil villages have become a focal point for my work. The changing seasons, festivals and the lives of the tribals have become a recurring motif to recreate a magical realism from a study of this environment.”
Ramachandran’s drawings span 56 years and form invaluable records of his observations that provide the foundations for his paintings and sculptures. It is perhaps the first time that such an extensive retrospective of drawings and studies of a leading artist have been on show in New Delhi. The exhibition traces the artist’s journey of creative expression based on observations and influences fromlife experiences, literature and the essences of developing ideologies. They trace his journey from childhood in Attingal, Kerala (1958) through his student days in Santiniketan, West Bengal (1958 1964) and finally to Delhi (1964 to the present). A prolific artist, the selection of nearly 1200 drawings, sketches and studies have been taken from a pool of 5000 works, a telling indicator of the extraordinary scale of Ramachandran’s output.
Ekalinji Fantasy
Paintings and Sculptures | 2009 – 2014
A Retrospective
Drawings, Sketches and Studies | 1958 – 2014
Curated and Designed by Ranesh Ray
The Retrospective is structured chronologically as well as thematically and moves from 1958 to the present, while Ekalinji Fantasy focuses on a more recent body of works. The artist comments on this body of work: “The large paintings and sculptures are centred around a small temple town Ekalinji, where the ancient ruined temples surrounded by Bhil villages have become a focal point for my work. The changing seasons, festivals and the lives of the tribals have become a recurring motif to recreate a magical realism from a study of this environment.”
Ramachandran’s drawings span 56 years and form invaluable records of his observations that provide the foundations for his paintings and sculptures. It is perhaps the first time that such an extensive retrospective of drawings and studies of a leading artist have been on show in New Delhi. The exhibition traces the artist’s journey of creative expression based on observations and influences fromlife experiences, literature and the essences of developing ideologies. They trace his journey from childhood in Attingal, Kerala (1958) through his student days in Santiniketan, West Bengal (1958 1964) and finally to Delhi (1964 to the present). A prolific artist, the selection of nearly 1200 drawings, sketches and studies have been taken from a pool of 5000 works, a telling indicator of the extraordinary scale of Ramachandran’s output.
Ekalinji Fantasy
Paintings and Sculptures | 2009 – 2014
A Retrospective
Drawings, Sketches and Studies | 1958 – 2014
Curated and Designed by Ranesh Ray
Vadehra Art Gallery presents A Ramachandran: A Retrospective - Drawings, Sketches & Studies | Ekalinji Fantasy at Lalit Kala Akademi, Rabindra Bhavan, Copernicus Marg, Mandi House > 12th to 25th November 2014
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