Paintings by Unni Shankar

Paintings by Unni Shankar from 17 Aug - 17 Sep 2010 at 

Vernissage art gallery.Presented by Muthoot Pappachan Foundation
10 am – 7 pm

 

Drawings (Rotring Ink on Canvas)

Inspired by Pointillism, these works are meticulously demanding. Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Here, Unni Shankar has used
black ink instead of colours.

 

The strange anachronism of Unni Shankar’s paintings and drawings invokes an arcadian nostalgia for a primal paradise. In  a style that is heavily reminiscential  of Art Nouveau,  the pictures articulate a romantic ecology in which an oneiric flora not only canopies libidinal encounters, but also intertwines with the bodies in a passionate embrace. The slender, languishing anatomies of denizens of this primordial ecology, however, sublimate the erotics onto a vague mystical reverie slumbering within the gossamer folds of a lyrical unconscious.

Prof. C.S. Jayaram

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Profile

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UNNI SHANKAR

Self taught Artist

Born  1954

Chendamangalam, Ernakulam District, Kerala

Address:

Sarovaram

Vazhakkala, Kochi, Kerala- 21

1973-76

Studied Photography,Pune, Maharashtra

Worked in several Media groups in Kerala and Muscut

 

Exhibitions

2009 March

Solo Exhibition

Coffi Art Gallery, Mattanchery

2009 February

National Camp by Kerala Lalithakala Akademi at Fort Kochi

2008 February

Murals

Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekkad

2007 December

Solo Exhibitions

Durbar Hall Art Centre, Ernakulam

2007

Installation. Water Fountain ‘SHELL’

Katari Bagh, Naval Base, Kochi

2006

 Sculpture. ASHOKA STAMBHAM

(New) High Court, Ernakulam

2005 September

Sculpture: Water fountain  ‘LOTUS’ at Naval Base Head Quarters, Kochi

2005 January

Sculpture  ‘DIVER’

Naval Base, Kochi

2004

Wild Life Painting Camp

Munnar, Ernakulam

 

2004Mural Relief

Sagarika Theatre Naval Base

Kochi

2003

Sculpture

Ahuja Buliders, Mumbai

2002 September

Solo Exhibitions of Drawings and Paintings

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Kozhikode

2002 February

Solo Exhibition of Drawings and Murals

Durbar Hall Art Centre, Ernakulam

2002 September- October

Solo Exhibition of Drawings

Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Mumbai

2001

Cement Mural Art

One of the largest projects in Kerala

Veegaland Amusement Park, Ernakulum

2000 April

Annual Exhibition of Paintings

Durbar Hall Art Centre, Ernakulam

2000 February

Narayana gurukulam ,Ooty

Solo Exhibition of Drawings

1999 July

Galleria Mareechika

Times of India,

Solo Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings

1998 February

Dravidia Art Gallery

Solo Exhibitions of Drawings and Paintings

1998 September

Kerala Kalamandalam Camp, Thrissur

 

1998 December

Group Exhibition of Paintings

Chitranikethan Art Gallery, Trivandrum

1997 June

Woodlands Hall, Ernakulam

Solo Exhibitions of Paintings

1997 June

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi

Durbar Hall Art Centre, Ernakulam

Annual Exhibition of Paintings

1997 January

Wild Life Painting Camp

Thekkady

1986

Group Exhibition of Paintings

Falcon International Gallery

Riyadh, KSA

1985

Group Exhibition of Paintings

Falcon International Gallery

Riyadh, KSA

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