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Thota Vaikuntam
Thota Vaikuntam needs no introduction. Over the years, his paintings have beautifully captured and portrayed colourful and elaborately dressed men and women from the Telangana region. Vaikuntam’s art has a sense of strength to it, a power that emanates from the paint or charcoal that he applies to the surface, from his controlled lines and from the fine strokes that he executes. He generally uses only primary colours, as he belives that composite colours do not exist in nature and are, therefore, unnatural.
Read MoreBorn in 1942 in Boorugupali, Andhra Pradesh, T. Vaikuntam completed a Diploma in Painting at the college of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad, in 1970, and then another in Painting and Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, in 1972. The artist lives and works in Hyderabad.
Vista Spaces is delighted to be able to kickstart Vista Art that captures some of his artwork. We thank Thota Vaikuntam for extending his support to us.
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Pramod Reddy
Artist Gade Pramod Reddy’s works are inspired by the many episodes of Indian epics, that have been an integral aspect of his work. His fondness for ancient Indian epics is evident in his works. With scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana featuring prominently, Pramod Reddy’s works have a collage-like feel to them with the artist adding related figures and texts in the backdrop to each of his works. He also uses varying textures to add character to his paintings.
Read MoreFeaturing characters like Krishna, Hanuman, Narasimha and Vishnu, there is a lot more to his works than meets the eye. Each mythological hero is complemented by related characters and anecdotes in the background.
The artist uses colour patches and finely rendered line work to add more depth and meaning to his works.
What sets Pramod Reddy’s works apart is how he juxtaposes silhouettes and full figures of the same characters creating a sort of overlap that uses the space in an interesting manner.
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Jaya Prakash
Animals elegantly tread on the royal realms of the vast, abstract spaces that the artist generously and affectionately provides for them. These big cats in their subtle grace exemplify an innate strength that reaches out to the viewer instantly.
The black and white works explore the inherent extent and capacity of line as an element of expression. The line strong and delicate, sensitive and rhythmic recreates the spirit of the animal to its best.
Read MoreLine plays a prominent role in all the works by Jayaprakash. The windings and curves lend to the works an essence of force and momentum. The distribution of motifs and linear sections is such that a strong force flows inside the form, from one aspect to another for quite some time without getting diffused or lost in the open space in the background. There is a kind of energy that holds the viewers attention strongly then makes him move with the flow to acknowledge and then get engrossed into the intricate patterns as well as the solid presence of the central figure
These animals belonging to the feline family in the artists works are strong but not offensive, energetic but not ferocious, high spirited but not unfriendly. The distortion and abbreviation of the animal form is such that a marked stylization and connotation gets exemplified. The artist willfully moulds, stretches, and artistically creates his tiger like animals. He rejoices in granting his animals the energy, strength and other aspects of royalty and aristocracy that go synonymous with their entity.
In some works the artist aptly accompanies the figure with metaphorical objects that reinstate the strength which is akin to Indian Gods and Godesses. While at other times these impressive cats imbibe into themselves the thoughts and varied emotional upheavals and concerns that the artist personally experiences and subconsciously transfers them unto his medium of expression.
The colour scheme is kept restricted to black, white, sepia and the many tints and shades that fall in between. The treatment of the central figure as well as the space which is kept white, widespread and ambiguous grants the works a kind of fantasy that enthralls.
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