K. M. Madhusudhanan Explained

Madhusudhanan
കെ.എം. മധുസൂദനൻ
Birth Date:1956
Birth Place:Alapuzha Kerala, India
Occupation:Film director, painter
Spouse:Anuradha Madhusudhanan
Children:Neelambari Madhusudhanan
Parents:Manickam & Thankammal

Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in the coastal district of Alappuzha, Kerala, India) is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. M. Madhusudhanan.[1] [2] His debut feature film, Bioscope has received many awards. He is working with different media in art, including sculpture, printmaking installation art and film.

Early life and education

K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, a coastal district in Kerala.[3] He studied painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala, and print making at the Faculty of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Work

He lives in his home state of Kerala. Madhusudhanan's artistic practice flows seamlessly across media.[4] His fascination with images, especially the advent of the moving image and its place in human history, is reflected in a series of films, paintings, drawings, video art and sculptural installations. The feature film Bioscope (2008 film) (2008) is one of his foremost works. It is based on the journey of the then new art form of cinema during the colonial India.He is deeply concerned with issues of war, colonisation, India's film history and manmade borders. Marxism and Buddhism have been decisive influences on his art. 'The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance' [5] is an ongoing project consisting of drawings, sculptural installations and video. From this series, 90 charcoal drawings were shown at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2014, curated by Jitish Kallat. Selection from the same series and a new series called The Penal Colony' [6] were shown at the Venice Biennale, 2015, curated by Okwui Enwezor. His films have been awarded international and national awards and have been shown extensively in film festivals, art galleries, museums, including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York

Exhibitions

Museum and institutional shows

Solo

Group

Select group shows

Filmography

Awards and recognition

for Bioscope 2008[24] Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film[25] Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany[26] Best Cinematography Award, SAIFF, New York[27] 5 Kerala State Film Awards[28]

Special Jury Award, National Film Awards[29]

Books and articles

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Confessions of a Creative Mind. 11 April 2018.
  2. News: Giving artistic expression to Malabar rebellion. The Hindu . 15 March 2015. www.thehindu.com.
  3. Web site: KM Madhusudhanan - Bio . 2020-12-13 . Vadehra Art Gallery . en-US.
  4. Web site: This }} merges the global wars and cinematic traditions]. Our. Correspondent. 20 October 2018.
  5. Web site: See Madhusudhanan's interpretation of the Wagon Tragedy of 1921. 30 December 2016. Hindustan Times.
  6. Web site: KM Madhusudhanan: Shadow Play. 8 November 2018.
  7. Web site: Biennale Arte 2019 - Homepage 2019. 1 February 2018. La Biennale di Venezia.
  8. Web site: The Kochi-Muziris Biennale. 20 November 2012.
  9. Web site: Jansatta (New Delhi edition) Today in Delhi - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. www.knma.in.
  10. Web site: India Art Fair 2016 : Delhi abuzz with art – Part I. 28 January 2016. Times of India Blog.
  11. Web site: Homepage. India Art Fair.
  12. Web site: 'In Touch' presents its fifth edition with galleries from India and Dubai. 15 January 2021. Architectural Digest India.
  13. Web site: London gets a glimpse of South Asian art. 8 June 2022. Mintlounge.
  14. Web site: The Red Palette. 23 December 2016.
  15. News: 'Lokame Tharavadu': Birthing an art ecosystem in Kerala. The Hindu . 4 September 2021. www.thehindu.com . Roy . Vaishna .
  16. Web site: 1X1 at Abu Dhabi Virtual Art Fair 2020. Islamic Arts Magazine.
  17. Web site: Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997. 12 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161928/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/projects-schemes/video_films_on_authors.jsp. 21 July 2011. dead.
  18. Web site: O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000. 12 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161928/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/projects-schemes/video_films_on_authors.jsp. 21 July 2011. dead.
  19. Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001
  20. Web site: Calendar - MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art.
  21. Web site: Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006. 12 June 2011. 23 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723100758/http://www.indiaifa.org/images/AnnualReport05-06.pdf. dead.
  22. Web site: Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007. 17 June 2011. 25 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120325192419/http://www.galleryespace.com/video_wednesdays/VW_final.pdf. dead.
  23. Web site: NFDC: Cinemas of india. www.nfdcindia.com.
  24. Web site: CINEMA. madhusudhanan.
  25. Web site: 10th Osian Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema: The Grand Finale. https://web.archive.org/web/20110121100233/http://dearcinema.com/article/10th-osianaa%C2%A2a%C2%A2aesa%C2%ACa%C2%A2aeza%C2%A2s-cinefan-festival-of-asian-and-arab-cinema-the-grand-finale/1043. 21 January 2011. Dear Cinema. dead.
  26. [International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg|Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany]
  27. Web site: SAIFF 2018.
  28. Web site: 5 Kerala State Film Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402033153/http://www.kerala.gov.in/downloads/filmawards2008.pdf. dead. 2 April 2012.
  29. [56th National Film Awards|Special Jury Award, National Film Awards]
  30. http://syndication.screenindia.com/news/a-turning-point/486182/ A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India

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