When the artefacts of three generations of a family come together, it is more than the performance of artistic talent. This is a heart heating event with emotion, memories and love. Sethubandanam, an exhibition in the Darbar Hall Art Gallery, revolutionize a family journey in art. Balasubramanian, the heavenly artist, writer and Illustrator’s tributes by her children, Shalini B Menon and Kailas Menon, Exhibition, Shalini, say, is a way to stay connected with her father’s legacy. “This is not just an exhibition for us, it holds a deep importance. Honoring our father’s body, we are also expressing our relationship with him through art, a gift he gave us,” Shalini says.
K Balasubramanian depicting | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Illustration | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The characteristic of the works of Balasubramanian, Shalini, Kelas and their children Vishnu Sharan, Menon of Arpana and Menon of Egoni, this show offers a series of artistic expressions in time, circumstances and styles. “The show was conceived in 2020 before his (Balasubramanian) death. He wanted to organize an exhibition that would celebrate a united family united with his love for creative expression,” says Kailas.
Months tried to cure the show. Kailas along with Shalini carefully resolved her father’s actions, some of whom kept separately for the show. Choose their fine pictures for Chandrika And Homeland From the late 1960s, a large part of the show was captured from the late 1970s. Although he worked in the technical department in Mathruumumi (1965–1968), Balasubramanian was regularly contributed to art and photography classes. He later moved to CIFNET, where he worked as an artist photographer. Although he was not in the art of mainstream, Balasubramanian continued to fuel his fire, painting, drawing and writing plays. He has written five plays, one of which was published, CholiatomWhich won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. The translated edition of the book was launched at the exhibition.
One of his paintings, a large picture of an elderly couple, proud of the place in the exhibition. This picture is of commander S. Gopalakrishnan, who commissioned it to the artist. “This is a picture of my parents. I gave her a black and white picture to her for reference. I remember that she was asking me what color my mother loved. And I said that my mother is wrapped in a pheic green sari,” Gopalakrishnan, who offered paintings.
The showcase also includes posters, newspaper reports and one -handed notes designed by him, which he left for his wife Rema, which was a day before she went.
A water color work by Shalini B Menon. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
A water color work by Shalini B Menon. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Shalini and Kailas raised their early lessons from their father in art. “Being surrounded by art, we were naturally interested for this,” says Shalini, who worked as an audit manager before taking the art throughout the time. A protect of the founding artist Suresh Tra, the founding artist of the Prussian Blue Art Hub, she displayed her water color chain on the bizarre villagers of Wadakanchery, a village that she was familiar with her father’s stories. He re -considered the place that creates a sense of apathy before portraying the series – a mansion attraction in a village, a temple festival, a single street. Some of his acrylic are also on the show.
A work by Kailas Menon | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Kailas, who made her fashion designing in NIFT Chennai, worked in Dubai for 17 years, has been part of some art exhibitions there. His striking series of paintings in charcoal and brush and ink, depicted with a bright vermilion on their forehead and without women. Kailas examines the concept of hidden veil and beauty in another colorful triptic. Charcoal performs two striking works, one of the palace complex in Jodhpur and one that shows the other side of Jodhpur is a detailed depiction of the city. He uses a bold palette, mixes styles and draws from his experience as a designer, while also connects to his roots.
A work by Kailas Menon | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Shalini’s son Vishnu Sharan, who is chasing his MBA, expressed his love for the game in two pictures, while Kailas’s children Arpana (who have just completed two plus two) and Aagni (which are in class X) include the waterlogging and sports stars’ waterlogged stars.
A work by Vishnu Sharan. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The performance works by Agney K Menon. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Display on Arpana K Menon’s Works | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The show is in Gallery A, B and C of Darbar Hall Art Center till 26 May on 26 May.,
Published – May 23, 2025 12:14 pm IST
