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Davanagere:  Shivashankar Sutar, veteran artist and guest faculty member at the University Visual Arts College in the Kala Gangotri campus, recently held a one-man show of his abstract paintings at the Drushyavishwa Kala Gallery here. The solo show drew a huge response from the fine art students, teachers, artists, and art lovers. Lizard,   a favourite in most of the paintings:  Just like fishes in Chi Su Krishna Setty's paintings and horses in painting wizard M F Hussain's artworks, Shivashankar Sutar has developed a close proximity with lizard. He has exhibited 80 paintings, including 22 graphic paintings. By and large, you can find the common house lizard in most of his abstract paintings. Various people have different kinds of opinions and notions about the common house gecko, but not Shivashankar Sutar. Invariably, it is omnipresent in most of his abstract paintings! A variety of colors and compositions:  Prof L K Hanumantachar, former Principal of the Universi...

By Shri Shrikant Joshi. Born and educated in Vijayapura, Industriialist in Nasik. The Teacher Who Could Pat Mao and Still Remain a Guru On 5 September 1888, in the small temple town of Tiruttani, was born a boy who would one day become one of India’s most distinguished philosophers, teachers and statesmen—Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. What is fascinating about Radhakrishnan is that, despite rising from a modest background to become a professor at Mysore and Calcutta, Vice-Chancellor, India’s first Vice-President and second President, he never quite lost the personality of the teacher. There was something almost theatrical about his appearance. He was invariably immaculate—spotless white dhoti, a long coat reaching almost to the knees, black shoes and, above all, his distinctive white turban. The turban became almost inseparable from his identity. Even when he travelled abroad and occupied the highest offices of the Republic, he retained this unmistakably Indian appearance. He carried h...

Dharwad:  Prof Babu Jattakar, veteran artist, former Principal of the College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishat, Bengaluru, did a three-day programme featuring his exhibition of selected pen and ink drawings, lecture cum demonstration, slide show and interactive session with the students of the Government College of Fine Arts, here.  First such initiative of the Chitrakala Shilpi Shri D V Halbhavi National Memorial Trust:  Incidentally, this happened to be the first such initiative of the Chitrakala Shilpi Shri D V Halbhavi National Memorial Trust, under the aegis of the Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka. Veteran artists grace the occasion:  The three-day programme also turned out to be a meet the programme of stalwarts in the art field. Suresh Kulkarni, a household name in the art, education, philosophy and philanthropic circles turned up for the lecture cum demonstration programme.  Shower of admiration: Se...

  Dharwad:  Today, I’ll share a series of images that tell a disturbing story: how the pursuit of development can leave deep scars on Mother Nature. What we call progress often comes at a price, forests cleared, landscapes altered, rivers disturbed and habitats lost. Through these images, I hope to draw attention to what is quietly being sacrificed in the name of development. "The Forest That Refused to Disappear" I deliberately embraced a hazy, blurred rendition while capturing this landscape—not to obscure the scene, but to express what it felt like. The indistinct forms, wavering trunks and softened reflections make the forest appear almost like a fading memory. These dead trees, standing silently in the water, are remnants of a forest that once breathed with life. The deliberate softness transforms them into ghostly silhouettes, evoking the loss, silence and melancholy of a landscape that has been stripped of its living soul. Sometimes, a sharp photograph records what the...

Dharwad:  The three-day exhibition, lecture cum demonstration, slideshow and interaction with Prof Babu Jattakar at the Government College of Fine Arts, here under the aegis of Chitrakala Shilpi Shri D V Halabhavi National Memorial Trust and the Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka turned out to be a treat to the art students, admirers, and art enthusiasts of the twin cities.  Ramzan Darga, renowned journalist, thinker and President of Karnataka Kulapurohit Alur Venkatrao Memorial Trust graced the inauguration event as the chief guest and was highly appreciative of the meticulously worked pen and ink drawings of Prof Babu Jattakar. B Maruti, President of the Chitrakala Shilpi Shri D V Halabhavi National Memorial Trust, presided over the function.  Suresh Halabhavi, artist son of late D V Halabhavi, recalled the contributions of his father to the art field and the significance of the Halabhavi Trust being the only one in the whole state for fine arts....