K. P. Krishnakumar

K. P. Krishnakumar (1958 – 26 December 1989) was an Indian sculptor and painter.

Statue of Rabindranath Tagore by K. P. Krishnakumar at Amar Kutir

Life

Krishnakumar was born in Kuttippuram, Kerala. He attended Visva-Bharati University.[1]

Krishnakumar helped to lead the Indian Radical Painters' and Sculptors' Association, which ceased to exist following his death.[2][3]

He committed suicide on 26 December 1989.[4]

Art

Krishnakumar's oeuvre includes a number of figures of young men, which Jhaveri suggests are self-portraits.[5] Wyma argues that his Vasco da Gama (1985) explores themes of colonialism.[6] He was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, and director Jean-Luc Godard.[5]

Krishnakumar was exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2013.[7]

Notes
  1. "The art contemporaries". The Hindu. 30 December 2012.
  2. Jhaveri 2011, pp. 55, 58.
  3. Wyma 2007, p. 11.
  4. Jhaveri 2011, p. 55.
  5. Jhaveri 2011, p. 56.
  6. Jhaveri 2011, p. 122.
  7. "In memory of a talented artist". The New Indian Express. 18 February 2013.

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