K. P. Krishnakumar

Statue of Rabindranath Tagore by K. P. Krishnakumar at Amar Kutir

K. P. Krishnakumar (1958 – 26 December 1989) was an Indian sculptor and painter.

Life

Krishnakumar was born in Kuttippuram, Kerala.[citation needed] 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

  1. ^ "The art contemporaries". The Hindu. 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ Jhaveri 2014, pp. 55, 58.
  3. ^ Wyma 2007, p. 11.
  4. ^ Jhaveri 2014, p. 55.
  5. ^ a b Jhaveri 2014, p. 56.
  6. ^ Jhaveri 2014, p. 122.
  7. ^ "In memory of a talented artist". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2013.

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