A Purple Line, Combined Medium on Handmade Paper by Ok. Benitha Perciyal
| Photograph Credit score: Particular Association
Lengthy earlier than Chennai grew to become synonymous with up to date artwork, town was forging a definite visible language of its personal. The Madras Motion of the Nineteen Sixties, led by KCS Paniker on the Authorities Faculty of Arts and Crafts, drew on indigenous scripts, people types, and abstraction somewhat than wanting westward. Along with the Cholamandal Artists’ Village, it laid the foundations for a motion that may form generations of artists and depart a permanent imprint on Indian fashionable and up to date artwork.
That legacy comes into focus as soon as once more with Up to date Now — Version III, a 20-day citywide exhibition that brings collectively 66 artists, seven main galleries, and a programme of exhibitions, conversations, artist walkthroughs, and open homes throughout Chennai. Towards this backdrop, we converse to artists with roots in Madras to grasp how town has formed their creative language, follow and methods of seeing the world.
Printed – August 08, 2026 07:00 am IST
