Artiste Kandan gets International Award
Mangaluru, September 25: Noted artiste Kandan G. has got the 18th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh International Grand Award for his work ‘Contemporary Society 98’.
Speaking to reports here on Tuesday, Mahalasa Fine Art School head N.S. Pattar said that in the current year, total 68 artistes across the globe have participated and total 483 art works of 465 artistes of different countries were selected for the art exhibition. Seven paintings of Indian artistes, six mixed artworks, six printed artworks, four mixed sculptures were selected for the exhibition. In the exhibition, Kandan’s painting got one award among three international grand awards.
The acrylic painting drawn on 48x60 inch canvas was expressing the concerns of the contemporary economy of the world. Each line on the bull with some symbols exposed the importance of the news. When the snapped wires like current expressed the bull’s or world economy very strongly, it was also displayed the life of common people. The scattered chairs would symbolizes the disturbed life of common people on the impact of the world economy, he said.
Kandan G. learnt the painting with self study. He has used the paintings to express the contemporary issues in an effective way, Pattar said.
He has been involving in fine art forms for the last 30 years. But he has never thought that he would get an international award, Kandan said.
Corporator Dayanand Shetty, Civil contractor Musthafa, Ninasam artiste Gurumurthy and others were present.
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BS Yediyurappa appeals to MLA Yatnal's group to work unitedly to strengthen party
Bengaluru, Nov 26: With a group of Karnataka BJP leaders led by Bijapur MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal holding a parallel agitation over the waqf issue, veteran party leader B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday accused them of doing it because of their "self-conceit", and appealed them to work unitedly to strengthen the party.
The former Karnataka chief minister also said that everyone should take the responsibility for the party's defeat in the Assembly bypolls for three segments, even as the BJP's performance is being seen as a "setback" for his son and state president B Y Vijayendra.
"State president B Y Vijayendra has appealed to Basangouda Patil Yatnal and others to stop protesting separately, and work with us unitedly. Despite this, because of their self-conceit, they are doing such things. It is not right on their part," Yediyurappa said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "I appeal to them at least now to come forward and cooperate to strengthen the party together."
When told that they are not willing to work unitedly with the state's current leadership of the party and whether he will bring it to the notice of the high command, Yediyurappa said, "We will do our duty. The rest is left to them and central leadership...high command knows everything. Let's see what they will do."
Yatnal-led group include BJP MLAs Ramesh Jarkiholi, B P Harish, and former lawmakers Aravind Limbavali, Kumar Bangarappa and G M Siddeshwara and others.
The leaders, who had stayed away from the protest recently held by the party on the Waqf issue, on Monday held a parallel agitation over the issue in Bidar. Today, they are in Kalaburagi district.
Yatnal and Jarkiholi have been openly critical of Vijayendra, accusing him of indulging in "adjustment politics" with the ruling Congress, and trying to keep the party in his clutches along with his father Yediyurappa.
Noting that the party had faced a setback in the bypolls for Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna, Yediyurappa said, "We accept that. What shortcomings were being discussed in the party. It should be ensured that such things don't repeat."
To a question whether the bypoll loss is being seen as a setback to his son Vijayendra, he said, "It is not a question of Vijayendra or Yediyurappa. The loss in all the three seats is a setback for us (party). Everyone should take the responsibility and see to it that such things don't repeat."
