K. P. Krishnakumar
K. P. Krishnakumar (1958 – 26 December 1989) was an Indian sculptor and painter.
Statue of Rabindranath Tagore by K. P. Krishnakumar at Amar Kutir
Life
Krishnakumar was born in Kuttippuram, Kerala. He attended Visva-Bharati University.[1]
Krishnakumar helped to lead the Indian Radical Painters' and Sculptors' Association, which ceased to exist following his death.[2][3]
He committed suicide on 26 December 1989.[4]
Art
Krishnakumar's oeuvre includes a number of figures of young men, which Jhaveri suggests are self-portraits.[5] Wyma argues that his Vasco da Gama (1985) explores themes of colonialism.[6] He was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, and director Jean-Luc Godard.[5]
Krishnakumar was exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2013.[7]
Notes
- "The art contemporaries". The Hindu. 30 December 2012.
- Jhaveri 2011, pp. 55, 58.
- Wyma 2007, p. 11.
- Jhaveri 2011, p. 55.
- Jhaveri 2011, p. 56.
- Jhaveri 2011, p. 122.
- "In memory of a talented artist". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2013.
Sources
- Jhaveri, Shanay (June 2014). "Mutable Bodies: K.P. Krishnakumar and the Radical Association". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry. 36: 54–63. doi:10.1086/678339. ISSN 1465-4253.
- Wyma, Kathleen Lynne (2007). The Discourse and Practice of Radicalism in Contemporary Indian Art 1960–1990 (PhD thesis). University of British Columbia.
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