Laws of Einstein meeting Vedic philosophy. That’s what you get at the ongoing mural painting demonstration at Oberon Mall, where a 8-feet-long canvas is being showcased. This unique creative endeavour has been undertaken by six artists belonging to different parts of the state.
Painted together in perfect harmony, the canvas puts together everything from cog wheels to wind mills to water pipes alongside ancient vedic concepts like fingers folded together in a Gyana Mudra, the figure of ‘Purusha’ sitting with his legs clubbed together in Sukhasana and the flamboyant rays of a sun.
The mural painting demonstration was launched on World Tourism Day on September 27 to spread this year’s theme for tourism: ‘Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development’. But though the theme deals with contemporary issues, the artists decided to give it a traditional and philosophical edge by incorporating the idea of science and ancient philosophy into the painting. “The painting aims to depict various forms of energy - air, water and fire. Even if everything is lost, this energy will remain and as long as it is there, life will reinvigorate,” says Sreejith Vellora, one of the painters.
“As per ancient philosophy, brain or mind is Agni or fire and hence we have depicted the sun at the point where the head is. Similarly, the painting shows fish coming out of water and plants erupting out of a mud pot. Energy is at the root of everything and this energy will always remain. As per science, energy can only be converted from one kind to another as indicated by the various clog wheels that convert one form of energy to another,” says Sreejith.
The painting adheres to the mural style, especially when it comes to use of colours. Only five colours have been used, namely red, yellow, green, blue and white.
The artists have liberally infused traditional motifs to depict a modern issue. But at the same time, the artists have been willing to experiment within the mural format and bring in modern styles.
“Mural painting has a lot of restrictions in terms of colours, depiction etc. Through this painting we have tried to incorporate modern art styles within the scope of mural art. So while you have the concepts of ‘prakriti’ and ‘purusha’ in the paintings, you can also see the creativity offered by modern art,” says Sreejith.
The painting done by Pratheesh Perumbavoor, Sreejith Vellora, Ramdas Karinthalam, Murali Kothamangalam, Adarsh Attapadi, Vijesh Vadakara and Ratheesh Changanassery is to be showcased in the Kochi Muziris Biennale. The demonstration will go on till October 15.
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