Painting Exhibitions at Travancore Art Gallery, New Delhi

MONSOON

the exhibition inagurated by   Smt.Brinda Karat, Hon.MP

 

Autumn, sum

mer, monsoon and winter……change of seasons take a course of its own. But monsoon that comes after the scorching summer is eagerly awaited as it brings relief from the gruelling heat waves and unbearable humidity. It is also the most romantic, creative and inspiring season for artistes. Rain also brings back sweet memories of one's childhood.

No surprise, a self-taught painter like Damu Eramam took inspiration from the verdant Malabar coast for his recent works. Its vibrant hues reflect in his paintings like the Lilly Pond, Clusters of Laburnum or Lotus Pond. The green that spreads across his paintings strikes the art lovers like a monsoon drenched cool breeze.

Inspired by the great Vincent Van Gogh, Damu has struggled a lot for establishing his style and name in the world of art. Van Gogh's style and technique of using pure bright colours and rough brush strokes are clearly visible in most of Damu's works. His main medium is acrylic.


His works adorn the walls of offices and houses of art collectors and art lovers.

Damu's works on Kalankori, a tiny fish, generally seen in the streams of Malabar coast, underlines the tragic threat to the environment, screaming for protection of its greenery that is making way for large scale urbanization.


Phoenix is part of another series depicting the resilience of Indian Womanhood, resurrecting from its own ashes.

Oppression, one of his abstract works highlights the plight of Indian farmers.


Damu Eramam, a self taught painter, was born in 1967 in a farmer's family in Kannur, Northern Kerala. He has enjoyed sketching f

rom his childhood. He was particularly interested in transferring the rural scene on his canvas. Village Eramam, his childhood inspiration, derives its name from King Eramakudamoovar of Mushika Dynassty, hence of historical importance. The people of the village were keen nature lovers and their cultural practices were centred on protection of nature. He generally uses stick to paint on canvas which creates a roughness with electrifying effect of energy and movement on the canvas.


His first exhibition was in 1985 in Kannur and most of the exhibits portrayed nature. Since then he has held several solo and group exhibitions in Delhi and other places.