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Surya Prakash
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"My paintings are about the elements in nature, space, light and colour. I would collect my images from visual vocabulary, which are subtle sensuous and calm. My thought process is to work towards a celebration of nature."
If India could boast of its own impressionistic tradition in fine art, the first artist that would come to mind today is Hyderabad based Surya Prakash. In his two most recent series of paintings, ‘Pool of Life’ and...
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"My paintings are about the elements in nature, space, light and colour. I would collect my images from visual vocabulary, which are subtle sensuous and calm. My thought process is to work towards a celebration of nature."
If India could boast of its own impressionistic tradition in fine art, the first artist that would come to mind today is Hyderabad based Surya Prakash. In his two most recent series of paintings, ‘Pool of Life’ and ‘Dream of Nature’ he unabashedly admits his debt to artists like Cézanne and Monet, and it isn’t difficult to see how he has learnt from their style in his own renderings of water lilies and ponds reflecting the skies above them.
There is something idealistic and dreamy about the manner in which this artist chooses the colours he will use, the way in which they are combined and finally just how they will be applied to the surface. Surya Prakash's images have come a long way since the initial take off of his artistic career. Today their principal concern and influence is the artist’s personal perception of nature. His semi-realistic representation of flowers and foliage, are like the impressionists’ works, marked by layered colours and carefully rendered textures.
But the impressionistic movement was not the only European approach to painting that touched this artist and his work. In his earlier series of canvases titled ‘Barren Leaves’, a definite surrealistic force is evident in most of the paintings, and one cannot but help notice a Dali-esque quality to the larger than life autumnal leaves floating to the ground. Looking at an even earlier set of works called ‘Jargon of the Junk’, the convoluted metal forms Prakash uses as subjects bring to mind the style of the Fauvists and Francis Bacon, not to mention that of the Indian artist Tyeb Mehta. It is clear that Surya Prakash is a truly multifaceted artist, constantly learning from other painters and evolving his style and expanding his oeuvre as he experiments with new forms, colours and motifs. In media and surface as well, Prakash continually experiments and furthers his reach, most recently trying his hand at etching.
This artist was born in 1940 and has been in the forefront of the art movement in the Hyderabad region, organizing camps, workshops et al. His artistic career spans more than four decades, and has been marked by several solo and group exhibitions held both within India as well as in Poland, Germany, Iran, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Syria, France, and the United States. His work has found place in numerous forums including the India Triennale and the Paris Biennale. He has been a jury member and commissioner for national and state level exhibitions as well as the fifth India Triennale. The recipient of the National Award and gold medals from the Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy and the Hyderabad Art Society, Surya Prakash has been honoured with the title "Kala Vibhushan" by the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society in New Delhi. This artist’s paintings have found a home in several museums, corporate houses, banks, institutions and in other private and public collections in India and overseas.
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Born
1940
Madhira, Andhra Pradesh
Died
May 22, 2019
Education
1956-61 Studied Painting at Hyderabad
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011-12 'Verdant Vistas: The World of...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011-12 'Verdant Vistas: The World of Surya Prakash', Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad; Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre & Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi; Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2007 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai organized by India Fine Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2005 Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2004 ‘Dreams of Nature’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 Art Gallery, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
2003 Art Gallery, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
2003 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
1999 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1998 Art World Gallery, Chennai
1997 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1996 Private shows in USA
1996 Gallery Espace, New Delhi
1995 Galerie 88,Kolkata
1994 Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
1993 ABC Gallery, ABC Academy of Art and Culture, Varanasi
1993 Crimson Gallery, Bangalore
1993 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
1992 Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata
1992 Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
1991 Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad
1990 British Council Gallery, Chennai
1990 CMC Gallery, New Delhi
1990 Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
1988 Galerie Art and Data, Frankfurt
1988 Galerie Der Volkshochschule, Munster, Frankfurt
1987 Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
1987 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
1985 Dhoornimal Art Centre, New Delhi
1983 Art Complex, Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
1983 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
1981 Urja Art Gallery, Baroda
1980 Art Heritage, New Delhi
1979 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
1978 Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad
1977 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
1977 Krithika Gallery, Bangalore
1976 Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad
1976 Dhoornimal Art Centre, New Delhi
1976 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1975 Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad
1975 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
1975 Surya. Galerie, Freinsheim
1974 Dhoornimal Art Centre, New Delhi
1973 Sarala's Art Centre, Chennai
1972 Max Mueller Bhavan, Hyderabad
1972 Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
1971 Kunika Chemould Art Centre, New Delhi
1970 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai
1967 Lalit Kala Gallery, New Delhi
1966 Kala Bhavan, Hyderabad
1963 Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011 'The Lost Sparrow', presented by Gallery Threshold at Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2010 'The Living Insignia', Gallery Ensign, New Delhi
2010 'A. SYCO', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2010 'Black is Beautiful', India Fine Art, Mumbai
2009 'Indian Harvest', presented by Crimson- The Art Resouce, Bangalore at SG Private Banking, Singapore
2008 'Five Hyderabad Artists', Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2008 'From Beyond The Vindhyas', Ganges Art, Kolkata
2006 ‘Inputs’, India Fine Art, Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Wind, Water and Energy’, Urusvati Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 ‘Mapping the South’, Vinnyasa Art Gallery, New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad
2006 ‘Mumbai Se’, Indian Contemporary Art by Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi at Singapore
2006 ‘Space’, Hacienda Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Colors of Life’, Art for a Cause, organized by Cancer Patients Aid Association, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2006 ‘Sands of Color’, Art n Soul Gallery, New Delhi
2006 ‘ArtIndia’, Organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi at National Art Gallery, Colombo
2006 ‘Novel Notations’, organized by Gallery Articulate, Mumbai at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad
2005 ‘Creative Collaborations’, curated by Niyatee Shinde
2005 ‘Open Eyed Dreams’, Cochin
2005 ‘Colors of Life’, Art for a Cause, organized by Cancer Patients Aid Association, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2004 ‘Drishti’, Lalit Kala Academy Gallery, Chennai
2004 ‘Art for Vision’, Rabindra Bhavan Galleries, New Delhi
2004 ‘Harvest’, organized by Arushi Art Gallery at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2004 ‘Hyderabad With Love’, organized by India Fine Art Gallery, Mumbai at Art Gallery, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad and at Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2004 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Space, Hyderabad
2003 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Tangent, Mumbai
2003 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Sara Arakkal, Bangalore
2003 ‘Indian Old and Contemporary Paintings’, Aryan Art Gallery, New Delhi
2003 ‘Reclaiming The Lotus’, Shridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 ‘LOKRAG’, Indian Contemporary Art, Art Pilgrim Gallery, New Delhi
2002 ‘A Southern Sojourn’, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi
2002 Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Maharaja, New Delhi
2002 ‘Tradition and Change’, Gallery Arts India, New York
2001 Exhibition of Paintings for Compassion Unlimited Plus Action, Bangalore
2001 ‘Similarities and Dissimilarities – South’, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2001 ‘A Panorama of Indian Contemporary Art’, Art Circle, Hong Kong
2001 ‘Symphony of Colors’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2001 ‘Hearts for Gujarat’, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2000 Inaugural Exhibition, Crimson Gallery, Mumbai
2000 ‘Graphic Expressions – Prints Show 2000’, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 ‘Eye of the South’, Artists from the South, Cymroza Art Gallery, Mumbai
2000 ‘Indian Exchange’ Royal Society of Painter – Print Makers, Annual Exhibition, London
2000 MSIL National Art Camp and Exhibition, Bangalore
1999 ‘Creative Process’, Indian Art Exhibition, The Guild Art Gallery, Mumbai
1998 ‘The Miniature Format Show’, Sans Tache Art Gallery, Mumbai
1997 ‘Major Trends in Indian Art since 1947’, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1997 Inaugural exhibition of Gallery Art World, Chennai
1996 The New South' Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings and Sculptures from South India in London, UK
1995 Indian Contemporary Art Exhibition at Art Museum Ginza, Tokyo
1995 ‘Art for Hope – Hope for Cancer’, Bangalore
1992 Husain Ki Sarai, Inaugural Show organized by Vadhera Art Gallery, New Delhi
1992 Birla Academy of Art and Culture Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Kolkata
1991,93 Artists for Helpage, Exhibition and Christie's Auction of Paintings, Mumbai
1989 Bombay Art Society Centenary Year invitees Exhibition, Mumbai
1988 Art for Cry Bombay, New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai
1982-86 Kala Yatra Exhibitions in India
1982 Modem Indian Paintings, Hirshorn Museum, Washington
1982 Modern India Art, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany
1981 Five Indian Artists, Manheiem, Germany
1979 Modeme Malerei lndiens, Frankfurt, Germany
1975 Collective show with K K Hebbar, Frankfurt, Germany
1969 Indian Painters 69, Max Muller Bhavan, Kolkata
Participations
2012 'Synergy 2012', 12th Anniversary Show, Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'Evolve: 10th Anniversary Show', Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 Annual Exhibition, Chawla Art Gallery, New Delhi
2006 Harmony Show, Nehru Centre, Mumbai
2004 Anniversary Exhibition, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Mumbai
2004 1st Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Sara Arakkal, Bangalore
2004 1st Anniversary Exhibition, Shristi Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2004 Lalit Kala Akademi Golden Jubilee Celebrations, National Awardees Exhibition, Lait Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2003 ‘5th Anniversary Exhibition’, Gallerie Alternative, Gurgaon
1975,78, 82 India Triennial, New Delhi.
1975 Neustadt Art Society Annual Show, Germany
1971 Biennale De Paris, France
Honours and Awards
1997 Kala Vibhusham, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New...
1997 Kala Vibhusham, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society (AIFACS), New Delhi
1983-86 Awarded Senior Fellowship, Department of Culture, Government of India
1980-84 Elected as Eminent Painter, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1978 Monograph on Life and Work Published by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1966 National Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
1966 Gold Medal, Andhra Pradesh Lalit Kala Academy, Andhra Pradesh
1963 Gold Medal, Hyderabad Art Society, Hyderabad
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Lot 25
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Absolute Tuesdays
18 October 2022
At the Pond
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in
Winning bid
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Rs 3,60,000
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