Kerala - Kochi

A feast for art lovers in Kochi

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: The Thiruvananthapuram-based artist P.K. Surendran is exhibiting his works in Kochi from this week. The show will start at the Durbar Hall Art Centre on Friday.

Surendran, who hails from Muvattupuzha, took BFA in sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram, in 1992. His show will continue till May 12.

Another show, a group exhibition of 16 artists, is on at Cochin Art Gallery in Fort Kochi. Located at Princess Street in Fort Kochi, the Cochin Art Gallery was established eight years ago by the late Captain Ludvic. Though a seaman by profession, Captain Ludvic had possessed a passion for the arts. Out of this love was born this art gallery.

The present show of paintings and drawings marks the eighth anniversary of Cochin Art Gallery. The artists are Puninchithaya P.S., V.B. Venu, Asanthan, Biju Kumar, Shibu Adhil, Sunil Anthony, Sanil Rockey, Shihab, Roy C.C., Fiiroz, Madhu, Basheer, Nazer, Francis Assissi, Paul and Jayaprakash. Almost all of them are local artists and some of them had exhibited in Kochi earlier.

An oil painting exhibition by Phalgunan Kumbalapravan began at the Kerala Lalithakala Academy.

The show that opened on Monday is on till Wednesday between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
(The Hindu, May 2, 2006)