Artists

Velu Viswanadhan


Born in Kerala in 1940 and trained at the College of Arts and Crafts in Madras, Viswanadhan Velu was one of the founder members of the Cholamandal Artists' Village. Some of Viswanadhan’s solo shows were: Viswanadhan: Early Years, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi (2007), at Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris (2006), Sand/ Water at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1985). A few of his group exhibitions include: Freedom to March: Rediscovering Gandhi through Dandi, presented by Ojas Art at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi (2010), Besides Paris, Birla Academy of Art and Culture, Kolkata (2010) Among many awards to his credit, he was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Letters by the Government of France in 2005.The artist lives and works in Paris.
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Intersections: Art and Life of Viswanadhan

by  Madhu Jain

It was not quite the best way to make an entree into, the world. When Velu Viswanadhan was born in February, 1940 in Kadavoor, a village near QuiIon (now Kollam) in Kerala, his mother, Nani Ammal, was suffering from tuberculosis. Raagi mixed with a little milk became the infant's food. As a child, food

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