Straight from the he‘art’

Artists from Telangana leave for Vijayawada to take part in the art camp to raise funds for Amaravati

Artists at an event in Hyderabad, before leaving for Vijayawada on Friday.– Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

When artist Sukka Karuna went to Vijayawada to work on print making as part of her research a few years ago, she was surprised on not finding much data and any of the cultural centres that had been established there, where print making works would be displayed.

However, now, as part of her contribution to culture in Vijayawada, the Senior Research Fellow (SRF) from University of Hyderabad (UoH) will be travelling there along with nine other artists to participate in an art camp at the Cultural Centre of Vijayawada (CCV), set up to encourage art and artists.

Ms. Karuna, who is presently researching on print making in Andhra Pradesh as part of her Ph.D from UoH, said that in the print making scenario in India, very less is talked about Andhra Pradesh. “Also, back then, there were 19 culture centres established in the erstwhile State, which were funded by the Lalit Kala Academy that existed from 1964 to 1981. Most of them were in the present State of Andhra Pradesh,” she explained.

And from October 17 to 19, Ms. Karuna and nine other artists from Telangana will display their works at the CCV, after working on it there itself. The money raised from it will become a part of the New Capital Development Fund, a contribution to the upcoming capital city Amravati in Andhra Pradesh. Each artist will work on their own themes as part of the art camp.

“I will be working on a Buddha painting and another on Indian girls as my contribution to the camp. I have been working on Buddha from the last eight years,” said city-based Kappari Kishan, who is one among the 10 artists who will travel to Vijayawada. Mohammed Rustum, another artist from Hyderabad, said his works at the CCV will feature areas in Andhra Pradesh like the Araku Valley.

Ms. Karuna, on the other hand, will continue her present print making work, which is her own personal diary that she will showcase through her visual art.

On Friday afternoon, the cars in which eight of the 10 artists are travelling to Vijayawada were flagged-off from the city, while the other two will reach on their own on October 17.

Suresh Rayudu Chitturi, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Industry, Suresh Babu, film producer and Harish Chandra Prasad, founder-chairman, CCV, were present.