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K. M. Madhusudhanan
(2007-2008)
Mayabazar
is a documentation of
Surabhi, a travelling theatre company over a hundred and forty years
old. The series of photographs, linked to the documentary film made by
the artist, record the lives of the participants of these productions,
from actors to stage technicians in the process of putting together
their performances and all this entails.
The
series is a study of a more traditional form of theatre, focusing on
both the history of the art as well as the spectacular nature of the
sets, costumes, makeup and performances themselves. Madhusudhanan’s work
examines this surviving tradition with both appreciation for its
structure and forms, and recognition of all that it takes to persist in
this calling in the twenty-first century.
K. M.
Madhusudhanan is an Indian filmmaker and artist. Born in 1956, Kerala,
he studied Painting at the Fine Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala,
and Printmaking at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda.
His works
have been displayed at various exhibitions and events, including All
the World’s Futures, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Venice Biennale,
2015; Whorled Explanations, curated by Jitish Kallat, Kochi-Muziris
Biennale, 2014–15; India: Pond Near the Field, Kiran Nadar Museum
of Art, Noida, 2015–16; Delhi Art Fair, presented by Vadehra Art
Gallery, 2016. His films include Bioscope (2008), Razor, Blood
and Other Tales (2007), Mayabazaar (2006), History Is a
Silent Film (2006), Self Portrait (2001), O.V. Vijayan
(2000), and Balamaniyamma (1997).
In 2001,
Madhusudhanan received the Best Film award for Self Portrait at
the Thessaloniki Festival in Greece, as well as the Outstanding Film
from International Festivals Award at the Museum of Modern Art, New
York. History Is a Silent Film received the Outstanding Film from
International Festivals Award at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in
2006. He has also won several awards for Bioscope. |
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