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Saju wants to draw viewers’ attention to the oral tradition of narrating episodes from history and mythology. “I used wooden panels that are about 100 to 200 years old. In a way, it’s a new incarnation for the wooden ...
Saju wants to draw viewers’ attention to the oral tradition of narrating episodes from history and mythology. “I used wooden panels that are about 100 to 200 years old. In a way, it’s a new incarnation for the wooden pieces. I worked on the wooden panels to give them different textures and what I do in the background has a bearing on the images displayed,” he says. The eight panels on display have images from the televised Mahabharata. Saju took screenshots from the videos and transferred them to the wooden panels. The dull look of the images is intentional and so are the fuzzy lines and markings. “My intervention shows on the images and through this, I wanted to show that when we narrate mythology, each one of us lend our thoughts and interpretations,” he says.
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Saju wants to draw viewers’ attention to the oral tradition of narrating episodes from history and mythology. “I used wooden panels that are about 100 to 200 years old. In a way, it’s a new incarnation for the wooden pieces. I worked on the wooden panels to give them different textures and what I do in the background has a bearing on the images displayed,” he says. The eight panels on display have images from the televised Mahabharata. Saju took screenshots from the videos and transferred them to the wooden panels. The dull look of the images is intentional and so are the fuzzy lines and markings. “My intervention shows on the images and through this, I wanted to show that when we narrate mythology, each one of us lend our thoughts and interpretations,” he says.
Saju Kunhan completed his BFA in Painting from Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, in 2006 and MFA in Painting from Sir. J. J. School of Arts, Mumbai, in 2011, following which he acquired a PG Diploma in Museology and Conservation from CSMVS, Mumbai University in 2014
He has shown extensively in several groups shows, including ‘Memento Mori’, at TARQ, Mumbai, 2015, ‘The Deep Inside’, a two-person show at Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2015, RPG Painting Exhibition, RPG House Gardens, Mumbai, 2014, ‘Varavazhi Project’, an archival exhibition of print-pictures in Malayalam periodical magazines, in collaboration with Riyas Komu and Kavitha Balakrishnan, Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), 2012, ‘Contested Terrain’, at Tangerine Art Space as a collateral event of KMB, 2012, ‘Other Anecdotes’, curated by Niyati Shinde and Ruchika's Art Gallery at Scion, Los Angeles, 2011, and ‘Bold & Beautiful - Two Dimensions from India’, a three-person show at Sarah Khan Contemporary Art Gallery, Liechtenstein, 2009. His recent residency participation includes Kalakriti Art Residency, Hyderabad, 2015, Marve Art Camp, RPG Art Foundation, Mumbai, 2014, and ‘Under the Sky Earth Art Project’, Arka Art Trust, Tansa, Maharashtra, 2013. Saju’s formative years were spent in Kerala, and since 2008 he has been living and working in Mumbai.
