Lalithakala Academy Gallery at Vyloppilli Samskriti Bhavan has witnessed excellent artistic talents. Mr. Babu Namboodiri K. and Mr. Joseph Mathew explored their talents through water colour and oil medium.
The two artists involved in two different contexts and modes of experiment meet together to present their self, concepts and practices. The frames of reference of both the artists are different. The visual text, image, space treatment and thematic apparatus differ. The visual connectivity is the anticipation of both the artists. The demarcation of national boundaries needs not be an impediment in joining together and expressing the diverse thoughts and views of artists.
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Mr. Babu Namboodiri creates the physical reality of life in a subtle manner. The existence of human life is an optical experience as well as philosophical. Emphasizing the self and existence he creates an identity in art. The forms on pictorial surface can take any dimension from playful mood to pathetic conditions. It is a kind of documentation of the impressions of hi feelings and attitude towards life and himself. Moving in between conscious and subconscious levels of his psyche Mr. Babu creates locations in his mind. His figures are more or less casualness embodied in forms. ‘A day dream’, ‘Over tunes of affection, ‘End of the game’, ‘Resting under shades’, ‘Single wheel passengers’, ‘Brittle take care’ and ‘Sea shore explored’ tells the reality of world once has within and without. His paintings feature oil on canvas. Currently Mr. Babu Namboodiri is a faculty member in the Department of Painting, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady.
Abstracting the spirit of nature Mr. Joseph Mathew in a ‘Pollockian’ pattern brings out the inner feelings of the beauty of human inner world. The sensitive mind of the artist, full of pleasant memories about nature and environment, experiences the sweet melody of the labyrinth of line and colour. The luminous world expectation and vision of nature creates it in simple motifs of chromatic lines. The conflict of the culture and nature is to be subdued in the tonal culture and nature is to be subdued in the tonal gradation of the aesthetic and philosophy of nature. His paintings feature water colour on paper. Presently Mr. Joseph Mathew works as an art lecturer in England.
The works, created by the artists themselves have instances of give-and-take in many aspects. The transnational traces in the works are manifestations of modern or contemporary cultural periods. Acknowledging the possibility to integrate two diverse systems of attitudes, the artist duo shows a visual discourse.
