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Art works makes an impression

By Our Staff Reporter

Gollapalli Jayanna with his work `Mamaikam' at the sculpture exhibition on SV University campus in Tirupati on Monday.

TIRUPATI, AUG. 30. The sculpture and painting exhibition inaugurated at SV University campus on Monday as part of the golden jubilee celebrations is a big draw.

While the sculpture section had statuettes by Gollapalli Jayanna, the painting section had works by B. Kirankumari, a former journalist.

The images of Jayanna, a native of Badvel in Cuddapah district and a fine arts degree holder from JNTU, have a predominantly rural backdrop as the theme, reflective of his own background. In fact, most of the images appear to be inspired by a rustic-looking middle-aged man with a receding hairline, who Jayanna admits, has been taken as the nucleus of his works, though the circumstances, and naturally the expressions, varied.

The preferred turf

Though he uses wood, flyash brick, terracotta, bronze etc. as the medium, fibre is his preferred turf, as the easy-to-use material is strong and durable, compared to clay and Plaster-of-Paris. Mr. Jayanna, who had worked earlier as a teacher at Kendriya Vidyalaya-II at Settipalle here, is now working on a novel theme of sculpting the nine facets of emotions (Navarasas) through nine eyeballs carved in a single bronze idol, each one portraying an expression.

Impressionist paintings

On the other hand, the impressionist paintings by Kirankumari, despite being hazy and foggy, were powerful enough to send the message across. A canvas image on `Gandhi road, Tirupati', selected by Lalitakala Academy, New Delhi, attracted the audience. Similarly, another painting of a busy road, selected by Camlin Foundation, was also on display.

Without going for lofty ideas, the paintings had down-to-earth themes like roads, narrow by-lanes, houses crammed in a suburb etc.

Kirankumari, who is at ease with a palette knife rather than a brush, also focuses on line drawing and perspective drawing. That she had extensively used charcoal, dry pastels, oil and water colours as the base in her works reflects her intense search for new media.

Owing to public demand, the artists have agreed to keep the stall open on Tuesday also.

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