 The artists .... |
 
... some of their works |
Till February 5: Visual Feast, 3rd Group Show of V. Dakshinamurthy, A. James Manickam, Shalini Geetha, N.K. Radhamanalan, Thimothy Tilak Kumar, N. Muralidharan, S.K. Rajasekaran, M.P. Balasubramaniyam and P. Devan Thiruvengadam – ‘Young Artists’ batch 1982, College of Arts and Crafts, Chennai (at Lalit Kala Akademi).
Till February 13: Photography exhibition on Wildlife by Madras Photographic Society (at DakshinaChitra).
Till February 15: Eternal Elements, recent works of A. Viswam (at Focus Art Gallery).
From February 3: Quiet Conversations from the Courtyard, an exhibition of the work of Kim Kyoungae, Sonatina Mendes, Malavika Rajnarayan, and Karishma D’Souza (at Ashvita).
February 6-12: Contradicting equilibrium of the existing senses, an exhibition of the work of C. Krishnaswamy (at Lalit Kala Akademi).
February 8-17: Memories of a Beautiful Mind, an exhibition on Bamboo Blues, the last dance theatre performance in India by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, photographed by Dev Nayak (at Goethe-Institut).
February 14-21: Earth Matters, an exhibition of work done by six Korean artists and six Indian artists during a month-long Indo-Korean ceramic residency project in Chennai (at Lalit Kala Akademi).
Beautiful clay works on display |
February 15-18: Spaces of Chennai, 24 hours of documentation, a group photo essay led by the Travelling Lens team that aims to activate citywide photographers to participate in a synchronised 24-hour photo project. Photo workshop led by Yannick Cormier in association with Travelling Lens (For registration mail to prog@chennai. goethe.org).
February 15-27: Group Show by Vinay Kumar, S. Suresh Kumar, S. Kaliselvan and V. Saravana Raghavan (at DakshinaChitra).
February 22-March 2: 125 Auto Motifs, a photo exhibition that features the work of top international photographers, who take a surprising, radical and occasionally challenging look at cars, an invention that first emerged 125 years ago, and has been unstoppable ever since (at Goethe-Institut).
March 1-9: Exhibition by Vennimalai (at DakshinaChitra)
March 11-18: Art Chennai – M. Senathipathi’s works. One of the founding members of Cholamandal Artists’ Village, Senathipathi is also one of the most individual figurative painters in Chennai (at DakshinaChitra).
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DakshinaChitra Workshops
| For Children |
Dates |
Age |
| Nature walk & photography |
Feb 19 |
8-14 |
| For Adults |
Dates |
| Lac jewellery |
Feb 5 |
| Silk thread jeweller |
Feb 18 |
| Pattachitra on canvas |
Feb 25-26 |
| Arabic mehendi design |
Mar 3,4 |
| Terracotta jewellery |
Mar 10, 18 |
| Glass-sculpting |
Mar 10, 11 |
| Palm leaf decorations |
Mar 24 |
| Call Ms. Lakshmi at 98417 77779 to register |
Terracotta Horses for Singapore
The past few months at DakshinaChitra have been very busy for Ramu Velar and his team – his son Palani and another family member, also Palani. They are from Viriyanipatti in Pudukottai District and are fulfilling an order given to DakshinaChitra by the Singapore National Parks Board. The potters who traditionally made huge terracotta offerings for Ayyanar temples in Tamil Nadu are making ten horses and two elephants (7 ft tall) for the Tamil Nadu section in the horticultural parks in Singapore.
The art of firing such huge mud objects has been mastered by the traditional potters of this region and remains unique. If you would like to witness a firing session or the making of the huge artefacts: Call Vishalam at 98414 23149 for the exact dates.
Firing at DakshinaChitra. |
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