K.V. Haridasan passed away at Bengaluru on Sunday
Haridasan was one of the founders of the Tantric Art Movement and the only practising artist from south India. (Photo: DC)
Chennai: Veteran artist and one of the founding members of the Cholamandal Artists’ Village here, K.V. Haridasan passed away at Bengaluru on Sunday. He was 77. Close associates said the artist, who was known across the world for his tantric art forms, was suffering from throat cancer for the past few months and succumbed to the disease.
Born in Kannur, Kerala, in 1937, Haridasan graduated from Madras University and later pursued a life in art. He served as a member of the Lalit Kala Akademi in New Delhi and was also the principal of the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram. Most recently, Haridasan was selected for the Raja Ravi Varma Award for 2013 instituted by the Kerala government.
Known among his peers as one of the most popular neo-tantric artists in the country, Haridasan was one of the founders of the Tantric Art Movement and the only practising artist from south India. He was also one of the 10 modern Indian Tantric painters to participate in the Man and his World exhibition in Montreal during 1971.
“He is a very senior artist and has spent much of his working life at the Cholamandal Artists Village barring a few years when he was based in Thiruvananthapuram. With his loss, we have lost an important member of the artists’ village,” said artist Gopinath, also a resident of Cholamandal.
Haridasan is survived by his wife and son Mohanakrishnan, who is also a member of Cholamandal.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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