Last week, we
visited an art exhibition displaying the art works of artist K. G. Subramanyan.
Since I enjoy observing and creating art I was delighted at this opportunity to
observe the art of artist K. G. Subramanyan and find inspiration for my own
work. The moment I entered the exhibition area I could see several of the
artist’s beautiful and mesmerizing creations on museum walls. I observed that
the
artworks were mostly in semi-realistic style, the media being used are watercolor, ink, oil and acrylic mostly on canvas or paper. A painting that caught my eye was that of a goat. I was captivated by the simple yet bold brush strokes painting style and the use of subdued but interesting earth tones appealed to me. I also liked the artist’s illustrated books that were on display - they conveyed deep and sensitive messages using creative illustrations. I was really impressed by the art style in K. G. Subramanyan’s books.
Later on during
the tour of the exhibition, we were put into groups and encouraged to choose
art works of Mr. Subramanyan that appealed to us. Each group then created short
stories and noted down our observations based on the selected artwork. After
that we moved on to view Mr. Subramanyan’s clay mural collection - ‘Anatomy
Lessons’. There were three very moving pieces which were an abstract portrayal
of violence in India - broken bodies in the artworks depicting how violence
breaks the human spirit and society at large.
Overall, I
thoroughly enjoyed this trip and I felt it was a great learning experience for
all of us. I look forward to more such trips we may have in the future.
Aditi Amritesh- Grade 7
We went to the
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art where we viewed K.G. Subramanyan’s works. We noticed
that he had displayed many types of works like pottery, mixed media, oil on
canvas, ink, watercolor and acrylic. On the way we saw a “Vessels tree” which
was huge! Its called “line of control” by artist Subodh Gupta. We were awed in
admiration, some of us had funny thoughts like “what a waste of bartan” or “why
didn’t they just use old vessels instead?” We had an activity where we were
divided into groups and had to share our thoughts on any one painting we were
attracted to. Later we had a discussion on details and aesthetics.
Arpit and Aisheeya - Grade 7
