@bmkamat Manjunath Kamath’s solo show ‘Shakekthu Salpaka,’ with @galleryespace held at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Bikaner House as an IAF2024 parallel showcases a body of towering terracotta sculptures and large paintings conceived by the artist in response to the exhibition venue’s distinctive neo-classical architecture, characterized by high ceilings and arched doorways. Complex, layered, and many faceted, they signal the bold ambitiousness of an artist at the height of his powers.
Shakekthu Salpaka is a nonce word coined by Kamath as a parody of the names of kings and heroes found in Indian mythology or history. The title hints at and sets the tone conceptually for the artist’s sly, tongue-in-cheek take on history, and how it is a jumble of facts that are known and verifiable, with conjecture, misinformation and sometimes, pure lies.
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