Shake off the rain drops and cloudy thoughts of the wet weather as you step into Bindhi’s Art Gallery. Like a patch of sunshine the works of Vittalraddi F Chulaki brightens the air with most of the frames capturing the spring of life.A few works revolve around nature and human bonding. The changing moods and myriad emotions of mankind and its relationship with nature come alive in most of them. In one frame, a man and woman are lost in thought against the backdrop of verdant green where you see animal motifs peeping out. Nature takes different roles in different frames. In some, it is a friend and companion to a girl swinging under its branches, trying to share her fancies and hopes. In another, she swings pensive wandering into the realms of feminine sensibility. In yet another, you see a woman darkened by foreboding as a large cat tries to paw her. Vittalraddi’s works throw light on the modern concerns of mankind and he strives to develop a visual vocabulary to reach out to the viewers. He tries to bring out the simplicity of nature which conceals answers to the mysteries of life. And in his quest for these, his later works move from the figurative to the abstract. Many of his frames are about emotions and feelings that are hidden in abstract forms and symbols. From the riot of colours in some frames that spell chaos and revolve around the obscurities that cloud the mind, you move to calm and lucid images on his bigger canvases. The colours soothe as he goes deeper into nature and learns more about himself and life around him.Around 25 works done from 2002 till date are on display.Abstract idiomsThe mood is abstract at Galleries Synagogue Art Gallery. The frames are reflections of the personal idioms and filled with feeling which can be cast only in an abstract light.Shivakumar Kesaramadu tries to decipher life’s mysteries in his own visual language. They are the means to express his feelings. “They are non-objective and non representational,” says Shivakumar.For they are not what he sees but spontaneous recollections through his perspective of experiences. He goes into the aesthetics and beauty of things seen around and recreates them from what is imprinted in his inner vision. Shivakumar deciphers life’s mysteries in various colours, some of them in a vague way. A few frames are of the depths and vastness and higher planes of life as he tries to unveil the hidden truths from nature. He touches sublime levels as he explores the hidden truths and interprets them through different hues. “No preconceived imagery has impeded my spontaneous interplay of colours. They create my verve, void, texture and inherent sense of energy,” says Shivakumar.The works are thought-provoking as one goes deeper into the layers of meaning embedded in them. They take you to the corridors of time. Both Vittalraddi and Shivakumar are lecturers with Sree Kalanikethan College of Visual Art in Mysore. The shows will run through June 8.
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