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Bengaluru:  Nature in Abstraction is the concept of Sushil I Tarbar's landscape cum abstract paintings exhibition, currently underway at Gallery No 1 in Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishat, here. An unusual combination:  Prof Babu Jattakar, former principal of the College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishat and well-known artist, inaugurated the exhibition by lighting the lamp. He showered praises on the artworks on display and opined that, usually, you find neither landscape paintings nor abstract paintings. However, Sushil I Tarbar has given a different visual treat altogether by combining both landscape and abstract formats. To a different world of its own:  R Suri, veteran septuagenarian artist and Member of Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi, another guest of the evening, was highly appreciative of the quality of works in the show. He felt the works take the viewers to a different world of their own. Aesthetic utility of white space: B G Gujjarappa, regarded as one o...

Bengaluru:  Devendra Beliyur is from Sagar Taluk in Shivamogga district in Karnataka state, India. He is a farmer by profession, while his interests are theatre and folk thought. For him, the most important aspect of language is the mother tongue. He explains, This is true not only for Kannada but for every language. The written form is only a symbolic representation of a language. However, in our society, far greater importance is given to the written language than to the spoken language. This is true not only in Kannada but in almost all Indian languages. Spoken language receives very little attention: Initially, Devendra Beliyur thought this was a problem unique to Kannada. But when he discussed it with scholars of other languages, he realised that spoken language receives very little attention in their languages as well. Four fundamental capabilities must be developed:  Devendra Beliyur emphasises that, in the field of education, when we ask what should be taught in ...

Bengaluru:  Bengaluru-based   sexagenarian  artist K G Lingadevaru is holding the 'Shoonya' paintings solo exhibition at the Indian Institute of World Culture, here from 07th August. The exhibition is slated to continue until 16th, and it is open for public viewing from 11 am to 07 pm. An alumnus of the Kalamandir:   K G Lingadevaru, born in Kadabagere, Bangalore District, Karnataka, in 1963, studied GD Arts from Kalamandir School of Arts in 1986.  Recreation of paintings from the waste: K G Lingadevaru initially used to do paintings and collage works of Ganesha, and made use of the remaining paper/canvas to recreate abstract works as well. He used to paste the waste paper as a background and did images to form abstract works, and terms the form as recreating a piece of art with the waste material.  Six solo exhibitions: He has held six solo shows in various galleries in Bangalore, Jahangir Art Gallery in Mumbai,  and many group shows across the cou...

Bengaluru:  Pt Dr Nagaraj Rao Havaldar, distinguished Hindustani classical vocalist has accomplished a record of feats by completing the golden jubilee year of singing. These days, such an accomplishment is a rare sight to witness! Music starts where speech ends:  Pt Dr Nagaraj Rao Havaldar says: It  is very, very well said that music starts where speech ends. What the normal mundane language cannot express, music can. Human beings started singing first:  Some anthropologists even go to the extent of saying that the human beings started singing first and later they developed a language to express themselves. Looks very profound. Well, no matter which background you come from, which social strata you belong to, music is a very, very fascinating subject that anybody wants to pursue. But we just have to dedicate ourselves and not fall a prey to the so-called thing of...  Social organisation economic security:  There is nothing like a security in any walk o...