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ART

Modernists

with their

Distinct Johny M.L

Art Critic
Styles… Imagination knows no bounds in
the brush-handles of ‘real’ artists.
Accolades fall upon them for what
they have immortalized through their
medium of expression.

Paris Viswanathan BD Dethan
Noted painters Velu Viswanathan of visual arts instituted by Kerala hailed to be a ‘regional modernist’
aka Paris Viswanathan and B.D. Lalithakala Academy for 2018 whose creative endeavors have been
Dethan aka Dethan Mash are the and 2019 respectively. While Paris pivoted in the city of Trivandrum.
recipients of the Raja Ravi Varma Viswanathan, as his name suggests Both these stalwarts have been
Puraskaram, the prestigious award enjoys international popularity as approaching art with the same
for life time achievement in the field an Indian modernist, B.D.Dethan is philosophical verve of modernism

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