If you’ve seen A Ramachandran’s work, you’ll know it’s larger than life, colourful, a celebration of nature, almost whimsical, and often features the artist’s comical self-portraits as an insect, bird or animal.
The works are also very large, typically mural-sized, so it’s possible you haven’t seen more than a few at a time. That’s part of why a retrospective of his work at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), which opened on Friday, is so exciting.
The show, titled A Ramachandran, features more than 250 of his works: paintings, sculptures, etchings, watercolours, drawings and design work for postage stamps and children’s books. It’s curated by R Siva Kumar and is a rare look at 50 years of Ramachandran’s art practice across two distinct styles between 1968 and 2019.
