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K.V. Haridasan (1937-2014) was an Indian painter and art educator who is known for his pioneering work in Indian modern painting, both in the context of Neo-Tantra (art movement).[1]as well as the Madras School of Arts. He was one of the founder-members of the Cholamandal Artists' Village, Chennai (1965-present)[2]. His 'Yantra' solo exhibition (1968) at British Council Madras (now Chennai) is among one of the earliest Neo-Tantra painting exhibitions[3] in India. His later series such as Nirvriti Yantra and Brahmasutra[4] are known for their striking juxtapositions of precisely rendered, prismatic colour fields with minimal iconic forms.[5]
Biography
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K.V. Haridasan (1937–2014) was born in Cannanore, Kerala, India, and lived and worked in Chennai, New Delhi, and Thiruvananthapuram.
His paintings were a prominent part of the Neo-Tantra survey exhibition in University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1985[6], co-curated by art historian L.P. Sihare and painter Lee Mullican. Several of them remain in the permanent collection of National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), New Delhi and Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi[7]
He received the Lalit Kala Puraskaram from the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi in 2003 and the Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram [8] from the Government of Kerala in 2013, in recognition of his contributions to the visual arts.
In addition to his art practice, Haridasan was employed as a teacher at the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala from 1980-1992, serving as its Principal from 1989-92.
He was editor for the second iteration of Art Trends magazine[9] published at the Cholamandal Artists' Village from 1979-85, and published his book Intimations on Art: Indian, Western, Modernity, Tradition and Tantra in 1994.[10]
Artistic style and influences
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Several pictorial diagram-making traditions that accompanied the dance and ritual forms of northern Kerala - such as Theyyam and Padayani - have found their way into the particular iconography of Haridasan's works. Nested within geometric grids employing delicate transparency, asymmetry and flat colours, Haridasan's paintings highlight the significant contributions of southern Indian ritual and performative traditions to the history of abstraction in painting, while simultaneously in dialogue with contemporary hard-edge abstraction, colour-field painting and Op Art.[11]
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[edit]- ↑ "KV Haridasan | People, Modern & Contemporary Art". Impart. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "K.V.Haridasan Profile". www.cholamandalartistvillage.com. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "K V Haridasan: The neo-tantric identity of Indian art". The Times of India. 2014-10-27. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "Brahmasutra - K.V. Haridasan". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "K.V. Haridasan". kvharidasan.com. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "A VIEW OF INDIA'S MODERN TANTRIC ART". Los Angeles Times. 1985-12-25. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "Default Title". Museums of India. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ Service, Express News (2014-10-27). "Artist K V Haridasan Passes Away". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "Tuli Research Center for Indian Studies". www.tuliresearchcentre.org. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "K.V. Haridasan". Sahapedia. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "K.V. Haridasan". kvharidasan.com. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
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