G. Sudhir used a combination of white and black colours to show the loss of greenery in the city, while fellow artist Poornesh P. showed the pollutants from industries seeping into the earth. John Chandran came out with a painting of four huge gas chimneys coming out of the earth to signify air, land, and water pollution caused by industrialisation.
These were among the paintings made by nearly 20 artists who took part in the ‘Kuncha Kahale’ painting event jointly organised by the Karavali Chitrakala Chavadi and the Karavali Karnataka Janabhivruddhi Vedike at Kadri Park here on Sunday. The event was held to provide artists a stage to express their concern about the rapid industrialisation in and around Mangaluru.
The artists, who included students from St. Aloysius College and other art schools, were spread out in Kadri Park. While many preferred to paint while sitting on the pavement of the road adjoining the park, some preferred to pay the entry fee of ₹10 and work while sitting in the musical fountain park area.
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Each artist had a different way of expressing his or her view. Mr. Sudhir said the black colour spread with a few spots of white in his painting was an expression in the contemporary art form for loss of greenery. His paintings also showed two farmers wearing “muttale” (local headgear) and left with a few patches of green.
While showing the way pollutants are seeping into the earth and harming greenery, Mr. Poonesh placed in his painting a “lemon” between the seeping pollutant and the green environment. “This is to symbolise the need to turn the world’s attention away from Mangaluru and protect the greenery. We do not want anyone to harm the pristine environment,” he said.
Among the other artists were Suhas Kiran, a B.Sc student from St. Aloysius College; Satish Rao from Team Mangalore; Manoranjini, a teacher from Vidyadayini School; Iranna Tippannavar; Naveen Chandra Kodikal; Jayashree Sharma; and Bhagirathi Bhandarkar.
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