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A neighbourhood in Tirupati is painted alive
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URBAN BLIGHT A painting by Kiran Kumari
B. Kiran Kumari's world is what she sees out of her window of her first floor house, her terrace studio and surroundings in Tirupati. So, the show she has mounted at Daira is titled `280, Bhavani Nagar and other works'.
The paintings bring alive the world the artist lives in. "Come to my house and you can see all the paintings in the real world," she says.
You can see the same world painted by this self-taught artist at Daira where a clutch of her paintings is on display. The urbanscapes in motion show up the ebb and flow of the temple town as the seasons change.
They also show the cheek-by-jowl living conditions of our townsfolk. "Every few months the townscape of Tirupati changes. I have tried to capture it in all its moods," she says.
An extraordinary detailing where she dabbles in dry pastels, oils and acrylics, shows Tirupati as it bathes in moonlight, sizzles in summer and brings out the brollies in monsoon.
The works
The detailing breaks the locality and speaks for the whole world.
The Volvo bus parked beside an APSRTC bus can be anyplace in Andhra Pradesh.
The red concrete housing block with brown windows can be any of our cities. Kiran plays with muted shades but the haphazard gaudiness of our towns becomes apparent as the colourful cement blocks, electric wires strung like spaghetti, clotheslines and billboard painters hanging in the air make their way to the canvas.
But Kiran's paintings are more social commentary than craftsmanship. Done over a period of time, the paintings have a third dimension thanks to the perspective and draughtsmanship.
This three-dimensional feel gives Kiran's work an angular feel. At the same time, the choice of colours give a subtle hint of urban decay.
SERISH NANISETTI
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