COLOURS FROM HYDERABAD

COLOURS FROM HYDERABAD

NAGUESH RAO SARDESSAI
‘Colors’ Art Gallery from Hyderabad recently organised a four day art camp at the Taj Holiday Village, Goa.
Over twenty prominent artists from across the country came together to share ideas and produce scintillating works of art all inspired by Goa’s scenic beauty and culture.
The camp organised and coordinated by art enthusiasts Nirmal and Damayanti Kuhad had established names like Jyoti Bhatt, Kavita Deuskar, Babu Xavier, Subodh Kerkar and others sharing the studio with the younger lot. This writer had the good fortune of meeting some of the exciting and inspiring artists at the camp.
Ramesh Gorjala, Sachin S. Jaltare, Shyam Bharat Yadav, Bairu Raghuram and Kavita Deuskar show a strong inclination towards traditional topics and prefer to depict the local culture albiet in their own diverse style. Bairu and Kavita prefer to be realistic in rendering with slight stylistic independence and liberty. Whereas, Ramesh's works are extension of his family tradition of illustrating Indian Mythology and other tales.
He employs contemporary technique to the delicate and decorative forms and traditional patterns. Basically from Tirupathi, his favourite form is that of Lord Hanuman which he has managed to add contemporary twist. Having his works in collection across the globe he is having an exhibition planned in Hongkong at the tail end of this month.
Bharat Yadav, at times, prefer to give a surrealistic touch to his works. Mainly working in Acrylics, the near amorphous forms of bulls and cows float on the canvas surface giving the paintings a magical touch. Born and brought up in the midst of these bovine forms, he says is the sole reason for the choice of this subject. He never fails to get fascinated by the gentle cows and rugged bulls.
Sachin's bold and deft strokes add a mystical aura to his seemigly spiritually oriented subjects. More philosophical in approach, Nagpur bred and Hyderabad based Sachin, tries to explore the realm of the subconscious and connect with the superconscious. his works are overwhelming in nature. He'll be showing this month in a group exhibition at London.
Babu Xavier, a Mario Miranda discovery, is a veteran in a way with over thirty solo shows to his credit. This science student, hailing from Kerala, has a huge fan following and collectors out to grab his works. He does make some political statements through his paintings. Having dabbled in varied medium and surface, his paintings on acrylic sheets have a unique standing.
All five Goan artists Subodh Kerkar, Harshada Kerkar, Santosh Morajkar, Chaitali Morajkar and Manguirish Radadhyax, did justice to their reputation with commendable works.
The other artists who lend their brush to 'Colors' were Chippa Sudhakar, G. Subramanyam, J. M. S. Mani, Jyoti Bhatt, K. Srinivasa Chari, Laxman Aelay, Masuram Ravikanth, Pradeep Puthoor, Sajid Bin Amar and Shymal Mukerjee.
Published in "The Navhind Times" in the month of October 08.