THE HINDU
By Sujataha Shankar Kumar
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Tholu Bommalattam uses translucent leather puppets that are coloured or black
and white, their forms inspired by temple friezes. Photo: K. V. Srinivasan |
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G. Raman and
Veerasanthanam are two senior Chennai artists, who have merged Indian shadow puppetry, with its craft, tradition and mythology, into the scheme of painting with a wonderful effervescence. To any Indian, Veerasanthanam’s themes will strike familiar and easy chords — the sacred Kamadhenu, the exotic tree of life, two figures hugging a tree and environmental concerns; as do G. Raman’s extrapolations recalling traditional art, pastoral scenes or street-life as a pair of bards travelling. What’s common between them is the vivid and unabated use of colour and intensity of line work. [
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| ree of LIfe by Veerasanthanam |
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