QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PUBLICATION OF YOUR PERSONAL INTERVIEW IN OUR ART MAGAZINE

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Comment by Davina Nicholas on October 11, 2009 at 3:49pm

Hi Hemant,

This is a very good questionaire and I will have to give it some thought and time before replying.

Kind regards
Davina

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on October 11, 2009 at 9:07am

Hello, friends, you will have to send the answers to Mr. Shesh. Please add him & contact him by sending a message. I will contact him & ask him to give permission to provide his mail ID.
Thank you
Krishna

Comment by Robert Anderson on October 10, 2009 at 2:55pm

you missed out question 9? ha ha !

Comment by Ramakrishna Yellepeddi on October 10, 2009 at 2:14pm

12. Taking a global view of modern world art, how do you rate major Indian artists and their art? Who are artists you know from India?

I rate Husain, Raza, Ramkumar and Tyeb Mehta among the best in World Art. Then there are up coming artists like Venkanna, Laxma Goud, Thota Tharini, Ganesh Pyne etc. They are in no way inferior to the best in the World - but fact is that their work is being recognized in India after they have made a reputation in the West

13. Public art as an urbanization trend is picking up gradually in developing countries like India. What should be its aesthetic direction and dimensions? How the modern art can works literate common men's vision towards life and art?

I disagree with that statement. In India art is hardly displayed in Public Spaces. Compare this with Chicago, where Picasso's and Chagall's works are displayed to the common man. All we find on Indian walls are illegally pasted film posters and political campaigns seeking votes at the time of an election

14. What is your assessment about the recent boost in art market of the world? Has this trend negatively influence artists or the orientation of contemporary art.

Any boom is good, provided it is not followed by a burst!

15. How persons other than art field have inspired your work and who are the chief personalities of philosophical, intellectual, literary and allied fields who have contributed to the shaping of your creative orientation?

I consider Late Sri Achanta Janakiram an Late Smt. Achanta Sarada Devi, my uncle and aunt respectively as the greatest inspirations. They cultivated a sense of esthetic appreciation in me. So today I am a great appreciator of not only painting but also music, theater, literature, art and 'good cinema'.

16. What in your opinion is the creative correlation between tradition and modernity? Have some of your works given an evidence of such a co-existence?

Words like 'tradition' and 'modernity' are relative. What is 'modern' today becomes 'ancient' tomorrow. A work that stands the test of time is a great work. I don't claim myself to be 'great bridge between the present and past'. As for the beauty of my work I urge you to take a look at it at
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/63344-ramakrishna-yellepeddi
and arrive at a conclusion yourself.

17. What is the meaning of being an Indian near you, when for the past so many decades you and your wife are staying permanently in a country like Canada? Do you sometimes miss India and for what reasons?

I am still an Indian resident; though I travel extensively.

18. What is the significance of being experimental while working multi-media?

There is no particular significance. On the other hand there is nothing wrong!

19. What is the latest that you are working on and when is your next solo/group show(s) scheduled and where?

I just keep working without planning:-) As for Future shows: Depends on finding the right sponsors and the right galleries - if my work is of the right standard! :)

20. Have you to say anything special on governmental patronage of fine arts, especially with reference to art institutions established for protection, Promotion and development of art and artists?

I think that the Government should concentrate on governance and leave art to the artists

21. Have you to say anything to budding and upcoming generation of new artists?

Welcome Aboard!

Comment by Ramakrishna Yellepeddi on October 10, 2009 at 1:44pm

Continued from my previous post....

11. What major difference do you feel between the Indian art scene today as compared to the contemporary art world of West?

In the West an artist working full time can still make a decent living - if not become famous! In India we recognize art after it has been recognized in the West - with perhaps the sole exception of Raja Ravi Varma, of whose work I am not a great admirer by the way, too much of a copycat of Classical Renaissance Art. There is not a single serous art collector in India that patronizes an emerging artist. Art Collectors in India collect art with a view of realizing a capital appreciation as holding period increases. It is a pure business investment. Art is the West is purchased for Home Decoration and Decoration of Commercial Spaces. I found stunning pieces of contemporary abstract art in a Chicago Restaurant of moderate means decorating it wall space - by an unknown artist

Comment by narahari on October 10, 2009 at 1:37pm

Hi
Thanks for Inviting me
This is wonderful that sounds cool ,i liked your concept ,great Art is for Heart ,heart see art through eyes ,i am an self maid painter,i do videos,planing short films ,i do photography, etc,painter will make his painting speak ,i work on mixed media ,i love to work like that ,we have so much in this world ,only thing that we will have to know use those in a proper way,that's it ,i prefer composing subjects ,i love to work in that way,i know what i am painting,then i can give title ,for me title is very very important, that make people to see art inside there they will find artist ,nothing is easy art film photography ,involvement in the issue is make sense ,i don't paint for hobby ,i am serious with my work ,all our good painters are grown like that,a small lamp can shine ,any small art can touch heart ,when there is meaning in it .

Comment by Sebastian Burckhardt on October 10, 2009 at 1:16pm

Since a little child I loved painting and lived in parallel world, with my nights, Indians , Cowboys, animals. but I also just drew the things around. Ma grandfather was a painter himself and my father a television director. He always made scetches for his stories. With 12 Years I started to paint with oil colour, sine an aunt had had this idea, to give me a box with oil colour. There was no question for me not to become a painter. I studied for my maturity (a- levels) in Switerland and and spent a lot of my free time painting. Later 1973 I went to Munich`s art academy and grauated in 1980.

Comment by Ramakrishna Yellepeddi on October 10, 2009 at 1:01pm

1. Where did your schooling in Art take place? or you have picked up painting on your own. How did you incline towards fine arts?

I used to paint as a child. My uncle and aunt were great literary figures in Telugu. My uncle was close to several artists in what was then Madras - among them Debi Prasad Roy Chowdhury and Shoubendru Roy most notable.Although I was keenly interested in art as a child and won prizes in painting competitions etc. held in school, my parents deemed that art was not career worth pursuing. Consequently I qualified as a Chartered Accountant. I held various positions in reputed corporates in India and abroad. In 1995 I set up shop as an independent Chartered Accountant. After successfully practising as an auditor, I took up voluntary retirement in 2007/08 to pursue my first love - painting; and here I am. I started painting only in 2008 as a full time vocation. I am completely self taught. Mrs. Lakshmi Krishnamurthy of Kalakshetra provides me with some guidance. I am a total amateur :-) .

2. As a student of Art, who were your contemporaries, who later became renowned artists?

As I said before, I had the the good fortune to have had close interaction with celebrated artists of Bengal School as a child, Roy Choudhry, Shobhendru, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy and of Madras School - Panickar et al., Damerla Rama Rao of A.P and many others - though not personally knowing all of them; - some had passed away by the time I was born:-), through their works. My uncle's collection of these artists was bequeathed to me by my uncle and I still own this collection, pristinely and rigorously maintained. As for my contemporaries, I studied in a Sainik School where not much emphasis was placed on art. As such there are no colleagues in art.

3. Who were your teachers during your studies ? Did anyone/some ones did inspire your work at the initial stage as a student artist

None. I learnt how to hold brushes from my uncle the Late Sri Achanta Janakiram.

4. What were the major difficulties that you faces during becoming an artist and later while establishing yourself as a visual artist-in your country and then abroad

I am just making a beginning. I know there is a long way to go!

5. Can you classify certain important significant landmarks in your long art-journey?

My art journey is not all that long! :-)

6. Who are the major artists, who have inspired you or your work and why?

Apart from the names mentioned above I am fasinated by the versatality of Picasso, the impressionists (all of them!) and among contemporary Indian artists - Husain, Raza, and Tyeb Mehta. Husain's Mother Teresa series is a unique interpretation.

7. Your paintings are a blend of inspirations gathered from various sources. Which culture has a greater impact on your art and why?

Contemporary India - because that is what experience most - Performing Arts, Festivals, and the like. Some experiences come in a flash - for instance the Rickshaw - wallah in Monsoon came up while driving past a school in a heavy downpour .

8. You have been underlined as a creative artist using multi-media for your various forms of expression. What has ben your central concern?

I don't mix media - I am more traditional. My main medium of expression is Oils on Canvas or Canvas Board.

10. In any series of paintings you have blended the images of the East to those of the West, What was the reason thereof and how did it bridge the occidental and oriental sensibilities??

I did not feel it fit to analyse mypaintings in such a depth. I just paint whatever comes to my mind. I only take that I don't copy - conscoiuosly or unconscoiuosly. Even though I paint from photographs taken only by myself as a reference - I take care not to have the picture infront of me while I paint. I try to memorize the photograph and interpret it freely. As for photographs taken by others - it is a strict no no, because I might infringe upon a copyright. - Continued in my next post....

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