Kannur: An artist who searched
for the Indian identity not only in art but his life too. That was K V
Haridasan, pioneer of the neo-tantric art movement in India, who died in
Bangalore on Sunday.
Haridasan gave identity to modern
art in south India, remembers R B Bhaskaran, veteran artist and former
chairman, Lalita Kala Akademi. “He was one of the major contributors to the
evolution of modern art movement in Chennai. He believed that Indian art should
look Indian and that was why he was attracted towards tantric art, which came
to be known as neo-tantric art.”
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