The coastline of voices: a new place for art in Visakhapatnam

The new inauguration at VIP Towers on VIP Road LG India CSR Foundation Gallery has opened its doors with a group exhibition, noise of voice. Bringing the works of 27 artists together, the show begins that many people in the region will take a continuous cultural initiative. This site is striking in the clarity of itself. Brightly burnt and huge, it offers a dedicated platform to contemporary and traditional art in Visakhapatnam, a city where such places are long limited. The exhibition is arranged in three volumes: culture marks, within and beyond strength. Each section addresses a different subject that today reflects the complexity of artistic practice in the region. Culture marks highlight the role of heritage in shaping the visual imagination of the artists participating. The tasks displayed here capture less visible methods in which customs and traditions are present in everyday life. Cool realities bring forward visuals designed from daily experience, descriptions that are often bypassed. Explaining internal flexibility and interpretation within questions of collective conflict and beyond strength, internal conflict and external conditions. Work on the display is Linokut print, titled All Good Things Tech Time by D Simhachalam, who is the head of Fine Arts Department, Andhra University. Made as part of a large chain, it presents a masked face, which is a direct reference to the post-pandemic status. Surrounded by a sign of digital distraction, this figure recalls the peculiar troops of those years when online exchanges often assumed physical appearance. The simple lines of the medium complete the idea, leaving the viewer to explain the restlessness of the moment. In the section dedicated to introspection and conflict, two untitled Cuts of Jagdish Taminni lift the weight of individual conflicts. Produced more than a decade ago, they reveal a bias with internal battles that remains relevant. A task depicts four emotions through the face of a tiger, with a fire -like smoke emerging from the head. The other centers on a squirrel with a crown next to it reflect the aspirations of their kingdom, its delicate body was encountered by chili that reflects many obstacles faced in life. The use of jagdish of animal imagination to represent human ambition and suffering allows the viewer to connect with the subject without the dislocation of the direct story.

The new inauguration at VIP Towers on VIP Road in Artakhapatnam exhibits art on the exhibition coastline at the LG India CSR Foundation Gallery. , Photo Credit: KR Deepak

Ravi Katkuri contributed two paintings that continue their discovery of feminine form. Their use of bold colors, especially in the rendering of faces, is specific and is immediately identified. In contrast, M Siva Kumar forms a jacksetopishan amidst the depiction of Victorian-style and mechanized data. Their oil paintings bring robotic characteristics in dialogue with the elegance of the previous era, questioning what is the beauty and identity in the world of technically shaped.

The new inauguration at VIP Towers on VIP Road in Artakhapatnam exhibits art on the exhibition coastline at the LG India CSR Foundation Gallery. , Photo Credit: KR Deepak

Sculpture and installation work enhance the scope of exhibition. An Naga Manikanta presents a fiberglass and a piece of iron that represents an elephant balance, a scene that indicates reflection at inconsistent pressures by individuals in society. Another compelling work is from The village of M Rajya Lakshmi, which is built in fiberglass, which depicts women engaged in water and laundry. The composition underlines endurance and labor that maintains rural life, capturing a rhythm which is both ordinary and deep.

The new inauguration at VIP Towers on VIP Road in Artakhapatnam exhibits art on the exhibition coastline at the LG India CSR Foundation Gallery. , Photo Credit: KR Deepak

Printmaking again claims its appearance through the memories of T. Naveen, which depicts a village landscape with sensitivity and accuracy. The choice of captaincy emphasizes the durability of these memories, suggests that such memories have persisted in collective consciousness since changing physical spaces for a long time. The inauguration show is beyond the work itself. D Simhachalam, Head of Fine Arts Department, Andhra University, saw that the presence of a dedicated art gallery in the city was overdue. “It creates a platform for emerging artists along with installed data and it encourages cooperation that can expand the cultural horizon of Visakhapatnam,” he said.

VIP Towers, LG India CSR Foundation Space, Voice coastline on the ground floor of Siripuram until December 18, LG India CSR Foundation Space, is open to the public with SiripuramFrom 10.30 am to 5 pm.