Renowned artist and social activist Veerasanthanam's paintings also aim to preserve and communicate with the past, in contemporary times.
The premium art gallery and cultural museum will showcase Veera Santhanam a retrospective exhibition of followed by a documentary film screening 'Kamadhenu'. The exhibition will display some of the finest and rare pieces of art by him which are abstract in nature and tell a thousand words. There are beautiful colors that make them look vivid and a marvelous brushwork.
One of the goals of the DakshinaChitra Museum is to bring to light through exhibitions, films and catalogues the art and thinking of contemporary artists from South India who have worked from the 1950s onwards. DakshinaChitra has been highlighting these artists who have contributed substantially to the regional style of the south, particularly in its formative period. This is the third of this series and the previous artists exhibited were P. Perumal and Alphonso Arul Doss.
DakshinaChitra is pleased to present the work of Veerasanthanam to the public.His paintings depict stories from mythology, traditional art forms and murals from our temples. His art tends to balance the trends in changing generations, and allows present generation to comprehend their origins and history.The exhibition timings are from 10am to 6pm and Tuesday holiday .
The exhibition inauguration is at 4pm on 19th March followed by a documentary film screening - 'Kamadhenu' by Gita .
Profile: Veerasanthanam:
Born in 1947, Veerasanthanam obtained his Diploma in Fine Arts from the Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Kumbakonam in 1971 and a Post-diploma in Industrial Design (Textiles) from the Govt. College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai. He is also trained in Fresco painting from Rajasthan. Santhanam has participated in many major shows since 1968 including national exhibitions held at Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi, and Kerala. He has attended the prestigious camp sponsored by Prof. Paul Lingeran of Sandigo State College, California, USA. Santhanam won various awards which include All India Industrial Exhibition, Chennai (1997), the National Award for Master Craftsman in printing (1988), an award in the Wild Life Photographic and Painting Competition (1975) and Art Exhibition of Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu, Tamilnadu (1981). His art has won him the President of India Award in 1990. A monograph on Santhanam titled Mukilin Meethu Neruppu was published in 1988. He has played the lead role in the film Sandhya Ragham (1990) directed by the eminent director Balu Mahendra. His works are in the collections of Lalit Kala Akademi- New Delhi, Chitra Kala Parishad - Bangalore, Chithra Art Gallery- Thiruvanathapuram, Karnataka Museum- Bangalore, the Govt. Museum -Chennai, Manipur Museum, Boopankar Museum, Gharat Bhavan - Bhopal, National Gallery of Modern Art- New Delhi, South Zone Cultural Centre and Lalit Kala Academy Regional Centre- Chennai and State Lalit Kala Akademi, Bangalore. Santharam participated in the group show representing South Indian Masters at Gnani Arts and one - man show at Utterly Art in Singapore.
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