With more than 40 works on display, Thooriga The 4th Collective Exhibit 2024, a new art show to be unveiled this weekend in Hyderabad , has a wide canvas. ‘Thooriga’, meaning ‘paintbrush’ in Tamil showcases the works of five Chennai-based artists — Charanya Rajesh, Gayathri Balaji, Sathya N Prabhu, Yamuna Bala and Subhashree Sridhar, for the first time in Hyderabad. The women as a team had earlier had shows at Artworld Sarala’s Art Centre and Taj Vivanta in Chennai and Auroville, Pondicherry.
The Hyderabad exhibition is their ‘4th exhibit’ Celebrating womanhood Charanya Rajesh| Photo Credit:Special arrangement Inspired by realism, Charanya Rajesh likes to paint portraits and figuratives. Her nine works in oil pastels celebrate womanhood and highlight the bond women share with Nature, flora and fauna in the Indian cultural context. “I like to portray different aspects of womanhood — their courage, kindness, inner strength, and beauty through art,” she says.
The artist also pays tribute to Madurai, her hometown in Devotion, a painting depicting a Tamil woman in a traditional sari with a parrot. Charnaya calls the woman Meenakshi, a form of Goddess Paravati and explains, “The woman is in love with Lord Shiva and longs for Him.” Inspired by sculptures A work by Gayathri Balaji| Photo Credit:special arrangement Gayathri Balaji’s works in acrylic and mixed media narrate stories of the marvels of Indian temple architecture.
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