Sri Lankan artist Raja Segar to perform in Bengaluru for the first time

Raja Segar says, “I never thought I would become an artist; in school, I was good in chemistry and Mathematics was my favorite subject.”

Sagar, as he likes to be called, is a single exhibition in Bangalore, the first in the city. The title Melody of Hughes, who is doing a show in India after more than a decade, says that the opportunity to perform in this city has never fallen before.

In the last three years, the Melody of Hece has demonstrated the works of Art Seger. Rural Sri Lanka and recognized for their depiction of rustic views are a distinct style of artist he likes to say “refractive”, which is accompanied by elements of cubism and abstraction. “You see, in school I also enjoyed physics and geometry,” they say.

Sayer says, “As a student, I will spend a lot of time in the British Council Library in Colombo Browsing through art magazines and periods. I enjoyed reading about the life of the artists,” Segar says that he was neither in the way of Vincent Van Gag’s poverty nor Pablo Picaso’s fate.

King Segar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

After his studies, Segar started working in an accountancy firm and began to design the greeting cards around the time, which he sent to family and friends. “At that time, most cards portrayed Western subjects; I was about life in Sri Lanka. They became a big hit and when a friend introduced my work to stock up to a book shop, their popularity increased.”

In the early 1980s, Seger began making serigraf (a process of making high quality art prints) and then turned into printing, to maintain his greeting card. He says, in 1984, when a buyer asked him to recreate his card as a painting, “I told him that I was not an artist, that I only made cards, but he insisted that I am making a painting as” a big card “. It was my first painting and I still remember that the Shepherds were returning home in the evening.”

From there, Segar has moved to places, with solos shows and exhibitions, some of his work is in permanent collections in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. He recalls with hobbies how his morale and works were promoted when famous Sri Lankan artist Senka Senenayake performed his work with three others at an art gallery in Hilton, Colombo for a decade. One of his paintings was used to transport the back cover reader’s Digest The magazine in Hong Kong helps him attract global audiences.

Art by King Segar | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

“There was a time when I will be very awake to walk in an art gallery; today, I get a welcome to the red carpet in those places. It never goes to surprise me.” Despite its obvious fame, Segar is acceptable with a sense of humor that puts an easily. Talking about his favorite medium, he says he uses oils on the canvas, “they are easy to execute improvements. Also, anyone can roll them and transport them easily.”

The Melody of Hughes Seger has a 60th solo show and says that his inspiration from Sri Lanka, “shop keepers and tea plates”, is executed in his trademark style. The exhibition was cuisted by Namita Swamy, the founder-director of The Arts for the Arts for the Arts in Bengaluru.

Melody of Hughes, a single show of artist Raja Seger will be displayed from 26 to 28 September at Bangalore International Center. Entry free.