Senior artist M. at Cholamandal Art Village on Friday. Santhipati. , Photo Credit: Akhila Ezavaran
Many worlds of the artistic journey of Manikam Santhipati came into a thorough projection in the final canvas painted on Saturday, May 10, 2025 in the village of Cholamandal.
He called it ‘Christ’, perhaps a symbol of the recent height of a new Pope for the highest rustic seat of the Catholic Church. The imagery is bathed in the celestial blue color of the cross that exit the earth with patterns, as well as brown of a canoped umbrella that extend to central forms.
On Saturday 10 May 2025, the last work of Santhipati was depicted.
As most of the work of Senthipati, the symbolic use of motifs, whether staring with a flowing beard in an ancient Prophet’s central column, the eyes of the eyes, the falling body of a hero on the ground; And the symbol organized in a gesture of peace, or warning can be interpreted in many ways.
Manikam Santhipathy was always a turbulent but always constructively excellent and quiet center of the multi-talented community, which was a multi-talented community of artists of the leading artists by the great KCS Paneikar in the village of Cholamandal artists. He earned the first generation of mythological pioneers and honors of the artists who now carry a vivid paintbrush, if there are no metal relief blots, or future stone craft chisels. The subtext for the cholmandal indicates, it is an area for both art and crafts. In the case of Senthipathy, their first and most famous pieces were of beaten metal images, which combined both art and crafts equally with felicity.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 20 May 2023: For Metro Plus: Senior Artist M. Santhipati, p. Gopinath, c. Douglas, PS Nandan and Selvaraj in Cholamandal Art Village on Friday. Photo: Akhila Ezavaran/ The Hindu | Photo Credit: Akhila Ezavaran
The most prestigious of these were often shown a figure of Krishna, who played his flute on a silver backdrop of beaten metal. Or more clearly, an tender interlude of the lavorne woman revolves around her like a cannon flower vines by Krishna’s sweet notes. The work of armytipathy added an approach with very subtle erotic effects.
To quote from the statement of her artist, Senthipati writes: In my work, I have never left a legend, but the present has held my views, a definite concern for human condition. To give voice to this mood, I have painted in my metal relief, as well as my paintings, concepts that are related to insecurity in life. In portraying these manifestations, I also deal with beauty and human behavior such as affection that makes life more meaningful today. ,
As explained by his son Saravanan, Santhipati was connected to his ancestral village in Czech in Madontakam. The voices of the cultural diversity of Tamil Nadu and Dramby almost resonate in his work. Someone sees it in the richly pattern surfaces of the people, which in some of their compositions, or in the vibrant colors of their canvas, which became part of their performance in later years.
Early days – Cholamandal | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Government College of Arts and Crafts, after his early education in Chennai, where he received a diploma in drawing and painting in 1965, Senethipati was included as a life member in the community of artists in the village of Cholamandal artists. During those early years, he traveled widely to countries such as Britain, France, Holland, Belgium and West Germany. He was later invited to parts of China and Southeast Asia and Influue Dhabi in West Asia. Between various awards and recognition, Senethipati received the Kalichmal Award in 2008, the Government of Tamil Nadu, 1984-86 Senior Fellowships, Department of Culture, Government of India and 1981 Tamil Nadu Lalit Kalak Academy, Madras.
Saravanan calls himself an artist of Repuute: “He was a legend that used to walk with legends and make his way. Now it is our turn to ensure that we take this legacy in our lifetime.” Santhipati leaves behind his wife Gauri, his daughter Hemalatha and son Saravanan.
Published – May 12, 2025 06:32 pm IST
