K. P. Krishnakumar (1958 – 26 December 1989) was an Indian sculptor and painter.
Life
Krishnakumar was born in Kuttippuram, Kerala. He attended Visva-Bharati University.
Krishnakumar helped to lead the Indian Radical Painters' and Sculptors' Association, which ceased to exist following his death.
He committed suicide on 26 December 1989.
Art
Krishnakumar's oeuvre includes a number of figures of young men, which Jhaveri suggests are self-portraits. Wyma argues that his Vasco da Gama (1985) explores themes of colonialism. He was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, and director Jean-Luc Godard.
Krishnakumar was exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2013.
Notes
- "The art contemporaries". The Hindu. 30 December 2012.
- Jhaveri 2014, pp. 55, 58.
- Wyma 2007, p. 11.
- Jhaveri 2014, p. 55.
- ^ Jhaveri 2014, p. 56.
- Jhaveri 2014, p. 122.
- "In memory of a talented artist". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2013.
Sources
- Jhaveri, Shanay (June 2014). "Mutable Bodies: K.P. Krishnakumar and the Radical Association". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry. 36: 54–63. doi:10.1086/678339. ISSN 1465-4253.
- Wyma, Kathleen Lynne (2007). The Discourse and Practice of Radicalism in Contemporary Indian Art 1960–1990 (PhD thesis). University of British Columbia.
External links
- Shivaji Panikkar on the works of K. P. Krishnakumar
- Report on an exhibition of Krishnakumar's work at Malayala Manorama