Kerala Lalithakala Akademi’s Contemporary solo art exhibition project shows of three artists’

Sajeesh pallikkara’s surreal works push the boundaries of imagination

Sajeesh Pallikkara’s works are not for the casual viewer. The paintings, large mosaics of beemingly disconnected images, demand your undivided Attention. Both in charcoal and color, the paintings are extraordinarily detailed. Sajeesh Finds It Difential to put a finger on his creative process. “It is a flow,” he says, “of thoughts, people, ideas, words and images” and his skill lies in finding a balance in this chaos.

His Surrealistic Works Inhabit The Space Between Dreams and Reality, Constantly Challenging the Viewer to Push the Boundaries of Imagination to Question, Ponder and Remember.

The show, axiomatic IPSo facto, brings a selection of his paintings include the one that on that but 2016-2017 Lalithakala Akademi Award. The show includes larger works, one of them as big as 16 ft / 5.5 ft. In addition to the expansive canvases, Sajeesh has also showed smaller drawings of people and fantastical images. The tea-washed rice paper lends a unique vintage appeal to the charcoal drawings.

Thought Each Image is vastly different from the other, they are connected by a theme. Sajeesh exploes the idea of landscapes in their entryty. “What Happens when the entrees are moving out of cities that can no longer accounger accounger accummodate them? Eveen thought people are moving physically, what would have they be carrying with them in their mands and the hearts?” He asks.

Each Work Demands Time and Effort. He Interviews People, Watches Documents and Reads in Order to Fuel His Inspiration.

An art teacher at fr. Joseph Memorial Higher Secondary School at Puthuppady, Muvatupuzha, Sajeesh Devotes His Free Time to His Art Practice. Sajeesh is currently working on a new unnamed series. The show has been curated by shaju nellai.

Unnikrishan c’s metaphors from everyday and the political space of bricks

The works of unnikrishnan c on show, the whispering walls, also part of the exhibition, are wonder inspiring for the Sheer Freshness of Expression, how they have been imagined and exclusively. Yes, Theose Red Bricks, Made of Natural Clay.

Thought provoking, the installations Speak about his engine with his quotidian surrounddings. He looks very closely at the house or home and the activities Around it; Rather than an outsider he is the insider and therefore his gaze is more intimate. “The local and the personal stories are a connection for me.

Unnikrishnan C | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

The Visual Metaphors are derived from his everyday life and find space on his ‘canvas’, whichever that may be – an actual canvas or a door. What Unnikrishnan Says about the brick old strike a chord, we sellom imagine it as an artist’s space. We see it eater as a building block (which it is) or as an agent of destruction when the pelted as or in protest. The show challenges perceptions or status quo. The Installations Includes a Rectangular Box-Like ‘Room’ of Bricks, Placed in the Center of the Gallery; Some of the bricks that make up the ‘walls’ have commonplace items – Steel tumble and plate, coconuts, mangoes and other fruits, flora and fauna, painting brush, a switchboard, a switchboard And curry, mobile phones – and the not so order, stuff of the imagination.

Another installation is the series of his daily sketches placed or arranged as a stack of bricks would be. The Curatorial Notes Calls Unnikrishnan’s Perspective vernacular, which it is. His art is inspired by his life, as he lives it. An alumni of the government Fine Arts College, Thrissur, The Nenmara (Palakkad) Native’s works have been part of the kochi muziris biennale and the sharjah biennale, besides having Being part of the Seattle Art Fair. The show has been curated by sudheesh kottembram.

The interconnectedness of everything in abhijith udayan’s works

For his solo show, Liminal Continuities and the Interstitial Possibilities of Existence, Artist Abhijith Udayan has drawn inspiration from his life and his communication. He Writes in His Artist Statement, “I Draw Inspiration from My Everyday Interactions with Society, Especially The Rhythms and Realities of Life in Alappuzha, Kerala, WAS BORN and RISED. Community here plays a Central Role in Shaping My Artistic Perspective.

Abhijith udayan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Therefore, we see the canvases through a ‘fishing net’ painted on them. The net is inscapable. “It is a part of my life and I have integrated it into my art!” He says. It transforms into a layered metaphor for life and of choices. For instance, he says, some would associate a network a feeling of being trapped but he sees it as an unifying element. One that binds the people of the Community togeether. However, his practice evolved and Him as a person along with it, the recurring net reflects tension, “Sometimes it stands for interconnectedness and support; other times it are suggested, it Oppression. “

His art becomes a medium to express the duality and interconnectedness in his everyday life. The works may look deceptively simple, but they are layered with images which reveal themselves on a close look. Each canvas has a deaper philosophical Meaning Than meets the eye. Abhijith, a graduate of the Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts, Mavelikara, IS Currently Pursuing His Masters in Fine Arts (Painting) At the Central Universities, Hyderabad. Also on show is one of his paintings which earned a special mention in the students category at the kerala lalithakala akademi state awards (2022-23). The show has been curated by megha sreyus.

The shows, organized by the kerala lalithakala akademi as part of its contemporary solo art exhilation project, at Durbar Hall Art Center, Kochi, CONCLUDE on July 5.

Published – July 04, 2025 01:59 PM IST