Philosophy through lines and colours
Ruwini Jayawardana
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TALENTED ARTIST AND SCULPTOR: S. K. Srinivasan
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PAINTINGS: It is not necessary to write poetry and philosophy only
with words. If you have the zeal and commitment you can write with lines
and colours. This seems to be the idea behind S. K. Srinivasan’s work.
The Indian sculptor plus painter paid a brief visit to Sri Lanka
recently and got the chance to study some exhibitions held during this
period. He also met several renowned artists and art critics and had
discussions based on the subject.
Srinivasan is from Chennai, India and was born in 1964. He finished
his bachelor of fine art degree at the Government College of Art and
Craft, Chennai, in 1989. Srinivasan had won the State Akademi Award
twice.
He had also conducted art camps and workshops and had taken part in
several State and international exhibitions. He manages a line up of
organisations like Sudha in manufacturing art materials. His work is
exhibited at the Government Museum, State Lalith Kala Akademi, Chennai,
New Delhi and Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal.
“I specialised in sculpture and I turned to acrylics two years ago.
My earliest work was based on three dimensional sculpture. I did my work
on several concepts. One is Travellers; designation unknown.
It means that we are like travellers to this universe. We all have
different pathways and we believe these concepts take us somewhere. The
entire universe insists that their concept is the best. Nobody knows
their destination and we take our path without knowing where we would
end up,” Srinivasan expressed.
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EXCEPTIONAL CREATION: The painting titled ‘The God’s own
language’ |
“The middle object that I have painted on these paintings is an
abstract form to represent the different thought of individuals. These
forms are known to us only by practice. The lines surrounding these
objects do not end in completion. Their designation is unknown.”
Another category of paintings are termed as ‘From primitive to post
modern; next what?’. The artist had represented the primitive drawings
carved on metal in the middle of the painting. The post modern drawings
surround the primitive art.
“I drew whatever came to my mind. Similarly in my painting called
‘The God’s own language’ I have drawn whatever caught my eye in a very
childish manner,” he explained.
“We Indians consider the child to be close to God till they are seven
years old. They possess God like thinking and innocence.”
This was Srinivasan’s second visit to Sri Lanka. He hopes to return
soon to hold an exhibition of his creations.
“The style and concept of an artist differs from artist to artist.
Everyone has got a concept. The West dominates the world in all the
fields but it is through art that we can compete because a person’s
creativity can not be stopped by others.
Even from a small corner of this world a great artist can emerge and
decide his own movement. I visit developing countries because that is
where the source of knowledge lies. You can learn a lot from those new
ideas and from their innocence,” he said.
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