Celebrated sculptor K. S. Radhakrishnan's work comprises many finer elements, collated together into a giant form. One of the most noteworthy names among the new generation of sculptors he has ushered in a definitive resurgence in contemporary Indian sculpture.
A figurative sculptor, he is renowned for modeling and bronze casting technique. A new solo exhibition of sculptures by the veteran artist is on view at Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA), New Delhi. His sculptures, marked for their immediacy, are an outcome of his quest for the form he spontaneously seeks and constructs, in keeping with the subject matter.
K. S. Radhakrishnan adopts neither a derivatively tribal folk style nor a referential, self-consciously avant-garde approach for his larger than life-size sculptures evoke a superhuman persona. Opting to draw from the mystique and myths of the Hindu mythology, his passion for the potency of ritual performances and dances exudes through his works.
His new exhibition, earlier held in Kolkata, and slated to be staged in his home state Kerala next, focuses on liminality, as the title suggests, “of yearning to be in another space”. It includes figures, like fireflies, that could perceived to be “collectively descending” or even perhaps ascending, from a peculiar barrel-like spot; the artist positions it as a collective wish for “evolving to a landing space” though not “a landed space” as yet.
Over the years, the sculptor has experimented with alternate sculpting mediums - Plaster of Paris, molten bronze and beeswax. The end product emanates from a tactile engagement with the varied mediums as the process of working with them itself becomes a performance.
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