K G Subramanyan
(1924 - 2016)
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"The linguistic simplicity of folk or tribal arts give them a kind of resilience; the same basic devices can be utilized to portray dissimilar visual facts or change the character of images from the elegant to the bizarre with slight alterations and additions, a folk terracotta changes from a nimble deer or horse to a tiger or elephant or a monster; this happens to with the Dhokra bronzes of Bengal, Bastar or Orissa. Or the wall drawings and...
"The linguistic simplicity of folk or tribal arts give them a kind of resilience; the same basic devices can be utilized to portray dissimilar visual facts or change the character of images from the elegant to the bizarre with slight alterations and additions, a folk terracotta changes from a nimble deer or horse to a tiger or elephant or a monster; this happens to with the Dhokra bronzes of Bengal, Bastar or Orissa. Or the wall drawings and Sanjhis of various parts of India. This recostuming or personality shift and the change of emotional content I find attractive." - K G Subramanyan
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CREATIVE CIRCUIT: THE ART OF K G SUBRAMANYAN
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Rs 15,00,000 - 20,00,000
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Rs 16,99,200
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K G Subramanyan Icons Big and Small
Initialled in Tamil (lower centre)
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EXHIBITEDNew Works: K G Subramanyan , New Delhi: Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, 13 - 25 March 2014; Hyderabad: Salar Jung Museum, 26 July - 16 August 2014; Kochi: Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, August 2014; Chennai: Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, September 2014; Bangalore: National Gallery of Modern Art, November 2014; Santiniketan: Nandan Gallery, Kala Bhavana, 5 - 14 February 2015; Kolkata: The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 18 - 25 February 2015New Works: K G Subramanyan , Kolkata: Seagull Foundation for the Arts, 2014
Category: Painting
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