Description
Satish Muthalli recently received the National award from the Lilith Kala Academy for his work that featured a rural still life that featured agricultural implements. This work instantly identifies with his agricultural background as a farmer and an artist who is close to nature and concerned about all creatures. The preoccupation of Satish is very specific, he has been focusing on two concerns in his work with rural objects that represent the labor of farmers, who have been neglected by the government and have been burdened by loans, and incidents of farmer suicides in the country is alarming and the inconsistent rains have always affected their lives. The artist represents this predicament and also focuses on his identity as a farmer.