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                           Words and Symbols

K.C.S. Paniker had arrived at his Words and Symbols series of painting after having been convinced about two things and not one. The first being the primordial and almost magical quality of calligraphy on surface, the second was the cultivated quality of linear rhythm which bind the calligraphic marks into a design. Writing about the genesis of his Words and Symbols series of paintings, he wrote to the effect that when he was still engaged in the exploration of calligraphic lines on two-dimensional surface and building of fluid design with linear rhythm, his attention was drawn to the linearly rhythmic design formed by Malayalam script-centric penmanship. It was almost at the same time that he chanced upon some traditional horoscope scrolls, containing both calligraphic writings and carefully crafted geometric signs which functioned as symbols. The calligraphic writings, together with geometrical symbols, sometimes interspersed with linear indicators of figural images, formed grand dynamic designs of great value, in which all distinctions between mark making, sign forming, image conceiving and representing tended to make all divisions between abstraction and empathy irrelevant.
Artist—K.C.S. Paniker (1911-1977 A.D.). He was an artist (painter) who tried to delineate metaphysical and abstract things in his paintings. He made the people of the country familiar with metaphysical and spiritual knowledge through his paintings during the 1960s. This was the time when Indian art and artists were under the influence of the Western painters. But a few Indian artists including Paniker were trying to break out of this influence and establish an idiom and identity of their own. The colours he used in his paintings were bright and sunny. Paniker moved on to use calligraphy and symbols to project a state of metaphysical abstraction.
Paniker was born in Coimbatore and got his education from Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Living in natural environment, he was influenced by colourful landscapes so, he began painting of landscapes in early life. In 1918, he exhibited his annual show at Madras Fine Arts Society. He joined the Government School of Arts and Crafts, Chennai during 1936-40. Since 1941, Paniker has been holding one man shows in Chennai and Delhi. He founded the Progressive Painters’ Association (P.P.A), in Chennai in 1944 and in 1954, he got his first international exposure when he held exhibitions at London and Paris. He joined as a principal of the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, in 1957. In 1966, hefounded the Cholamandal Artists’ Village, in Chennai, with his students and a few fellow artists. In 1976, he received the highest award of the Lalit Kala Akademi, India’s National Academy of Art.
1.  ‘The painting words and symbols are based on traditional art but new look appears in it’. Can you explain its features in modern contemporary framework?
2.  Do you think that the artwork of Paniker as an artist is different?

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