Backed By Lawyer Father, Artist to Sue State, Gallery
THE HINDU
INDIA---Anirudh Sainath Krishnamani, the digital artist who was forced to take down three of his paintings from an exhibition at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath owing to pressure from a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, is now contemplating legal action against the State government and the art gallery. Taking cognisance of an oral complaint by Bharatiya Janata Party State media coordinator A.L. Shivakumar about the paintings — depicting Kali, Mohini and Shiva-Sati in the nude — the city police ensured that the parishath withdrew the paintings on Monday. Speaking to The Hindu a day after his son’s paintings were pulled down, M.N. Krishnamani, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, said, “This action of the police is completely against the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. I will file cases against the State government and the gallery.” [link]
“If art keeps receiving such blows and if artists keep
backing down, there will be no art left in this country.”
backing down, there will be no art left in this country.”
~ ANIRUDAH KRISHNAMANI
INDIA---Anirudh Sainath Krishnamani, the digital artist who was forced to take down three of his paintings from an exhibition at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath owing to pressure from a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, is now contemplating legal action against the State government and the art gallery. Taking cognisance of an oral complaint by Bharatiya Janata Party State media coordinator A.L. Shivakumar about the paintings — depicting Kali, Mohini and Shiva-Sati in the nude — the city police ensured that the parishath withdrew the paintings on Monday. Speaking to The Hindu a day after his son’s paintings were pulled down, M.N. Krishnamani, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, said, “This action of the police is completely against the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. I will file cases against the State government and the gallery.” [link]
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