Off Road, a bunch present by seven artists, urges viewers to take a look at life from a distinct perspective
Off Road, a bunch present by seven artists, urges viewers to take a look at life from a distinct perspective
Two wildly-coloured fiberglass sculptures by Reghunadhan Okay occupy centrestage at ‘Off Road’, a bunch present at Durbar Hall Art Gallery. Both sculptures appear to be an inventive recapitulation of the lockdown expertise. While one sculpture, titled ‘Work@Home’, depicts a pregnant lady, wearing a flowy canary-yellow robe with family objects positioned between the folds of her garment at her ft, the opposite sculpture, ‘Dehydrated’, is of a person, in spangled crimson and white apparel, his palm on his brow, indicative of fatigue.
Reghunadhan Okay’s works
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All the 40 works on show showcase the artists’ particular person types and sentiments. “We named the show ‘Off Road’ because the works are a deviation from the ‘normal’ way of looking at things,” says Sreekanth Nettoor, one of many seven taking part artists. “The idea is to nudge the viewer towards new perspectives,” he provides.
Most of the works on show are current. From Binu Kottakkara’s busy frames that depict numerous scenes of a panorama to Santhan Velayudhan’s metal-embossed works, the works are assorted in type and aesthetic.
Sreekanth Nettoor’s charcoal portray
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Sreekanth Nettoor paints the moon with a contact of the magical — the crescent, in charcoal brown and dry pastels, has the determine of a girl on it. Anil B Krishna’s brightly-coloured canvases communicate of his visible language whereas Sreejith Pottekkatt’s fascination for wildlife is mirrored in a sequence of his works.
Biji Bhaskar paints ethereal landscapes that transport the viewer to imaginary worlds.
The present is on on the Durbar Hall Art Gallery until July 31.
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