K C MURUKESON

It is easy to miss the bigger picture in K.C.Murukeson’s paintings.  His artistic acumen demands a closer look of his geometric figures arranged methodically on canvas. His greatest works are the cityscapes where one can see disorder, chaos and the life.

Murukeson who developed interest in painting from his childhood days over the years has mastered both in oil and acrylic paintings. All the works resemble each other in style; execution and the way colours occupy the triangles and squares. But zoom in and allow your eyes to adjust to the canvass to see those birds in flight, fiery petals of flowers and burning earth with spurts of lava. Like a rubic’s cube, the permutation and combination reveal a lot about life.

When Murukesan decided to shift from landscapes to city spaces he had Pablo Picasso in mind or rather, Picasso’s cubistic style of painting. Murukesan painted cubes, triangles and squares as per strict measurements for the first four weeks. Slowly, he moved away from the rigid lines to create images in a free style. At the end of 20 paintings, this full-time painter for the past 30 years, has created more art and moved beyond the mountains and valleys of his village in Madurai.   

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