Oct 14 2022 to Oct 29 2022 11 a.m.

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Where

MKF Museum of Art

55/1 Isha villa, Lavelle road 560001

Event Description

Narendra Babu’s collection of paintings draws inspiration from the colours, images, flora and fauna that are an integral part of Nature. Every painting has subjects in a dream sequence with no particular order or position within each frame so as to create an interest in the viewer’s perception. His paintings are mostly centred around women playing a pivotal role in the midst of man and nature, as every form revels in the celebration of life. In his ‘Dream Celebration” series, human relationships are depicted along with the need to connect with birds and animals from the animal kingdom that inspire his imagination.

Narendra Babu’s almost child-like creations does not conform to the natural colours of birds and animals that Nature has bestowed. This whimsical approach lifts the viewer to another realm of imagination. His narrative style of paintings in Acrylic medium is used in small format works, that he has skilfully presented, having acquired experience from four decades of his visual art journey. He has created many works during the difficult time of the Pandemic which are on display in this Solo Show.

About the Artist
Narender Babu is an artist from Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, who completed a Diploma in Painting from Govt. College of Arts & Crafts, of erstwhile Madras in 1984. Much before his studies, he had started drawing subjects from Nature, focusing on human beings, birds and
animals as inspiration. He has held Solo shows and participated on an International level in Korea & India Exchange Exhibition apart from shows including displays of his works in other states of India. A recipient of many awards, he was also awarded the prestigious State Youth Award in 1986 and the 48th National Academy Award, Mumbai in 2005.

His style of paintings are linear and the inspiration is based on folk, tribal or any other genre of Indian art. His photographic memory while observing lines in Nature would be recollected by him as though in a dream.