THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Medical photography can't all the time be an enjoyable pastime as you may well be exposed to horrors and mangled mess on a regular basis. If simply the considered it is exhausting to digest, consider taking such pictures one by one as part of your task.
It was in this sort of state of affairs, round 40 years ago, Kanakasanan P started spending time with paints and colours at house to loose his thoughts of those horrid visions. Eventually he was a painter, one that regularly tried on distinctive concepts and who used quite a lot of objects that came at hand at house to color with.
Kanakasanan's solo exhibition and sale of his artwork at KCS Panicker Art Gallery, Museum, function round 100 artwork, and the exhibition was inaugurated through famous artist B D Dathan on Wednesday in the presence of Kerala Lalithakala Academy member Karakkamandapam Vijayakumar. The exhibition is open to the public from 10am to 7pm on all days till February 11.
Though the exhibition does no longer have any specific theme, most of the artwork, aside from for four or 5 works, are carried out in acrylic. Kanakasanan believes that folks will lose interest when artwork are in line with a selected theme, which in flip will affect the sale. "I retired from medical photography around 20 years ago, and ever since, I have shifted my focus to paintings. My style is time consuming and often it takes three days to complete one work," he stated.
The 75-year-old from Thiruvananthapuram additionally employs plenty of self-made techniques similar to the usage of taking part in playing cards for knife artwork and comb tips for including stroke results. A knife paintings painting on Sabarimala issue is also part of the exhibition, which features multilevel perspectives on the hardships girls will have to face in the context of the court verdict. "The thalimala (wedding chain) and pottu (bindi) are used in this painting to ask a question: If equality is what women want, shouldn't men wear both pottu and thalimala?" asks Kanakasanan.
Based on measurement, the price of artwork on sale ranges from Rs 1,000 to Rs 15,000. But, Kanakasanan is able for negotiations, as his happiness lies extra in seeing his artwork adorning partitions somewhat than the cash they could fetch.
It was in this sort of state of affairs, round 40 years ago, Kanakasanan P started spending time with paints and colours at house to loose his thoughts of those horrid visions. Eventually he was a painter, one that regularly tried on distinctive concepts and who used quite a lot of objects that came at hand at house to color with.
Kanakasanan's solo exhibition and sale of his artwork at KCS Panicker Art Gallery, Museum, function round 100 artwork, and the exhibition was inaugurated through famous artist B D Dathan on Wednesday in the presence of Kerala Lalithakala Academy member Karakkamandapam Vijayakumar. The exhibition is open to the public from 10am to 7pm on all days till February 11.
Though the exhibition does no longer have any specific theme, most of the artwork, aside from for four or 5 works, are carried out in acrylic. Kanakasanan believes that folks will lose interest when artwork are in line with a selected theme, which in flip will affect the sale. "I retired from medical photography around 20 years ago, and ever since, I have shifted my focus to paintings. My style is time consuming and often it takes three days to complete one work," he stated.
The 75-year-old from Thiruvananthapuram additionally employs plenty of self-made techniques similar to the usage of taking part in playing cards for knife artwork and comb tips for including stroke results. A knife paintings painting on Sabarimala issue is also part of the exhibition, which features multilevel perspectives on the hardships girls will have to face in the context of the court verdict. "The thalimala (wedding chain) and pottu (bindi) are used in this painting to ask a question: If equality is what women want, shouldn't men wear both pottu and thalimala?" asks Kanakasanan.
Based on measurement, the price of artwork on sale ranges from Rs 1,000 to Rs 15,000. But, Kanakasanan is able for negotiations, as his happiness lies extra in seeing his artwork adorning partitions somewhat than the cash they could fetch.
Here, he paints life in varied hues
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