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THE SONG OF small THINGS by K S Radhakrishnan


Coming from "Larger than Life-size" scale (for which RadhaDa is known for) to this "Common small things in life size" - is a big study, task  and metamorphosis of work pattern shifting is really remarkable and enjoyable too.


Flow is there always with his works .. whether it's a story of age-old battery torch or a hand pulling rickshaw, starting from a kettle or iron for pressing clothes .... all are substantial and full of flow... flow and stream of emotions and waves of different yin and yang or dark and bright or fusion of all energies or complementary actions through the form of Musui and Maiya. The beam of light is important for the torch with giving full respect to torch itself, as well. .... and  so on .... K S Radhakrishnan is that magician who can swing the time back few decades with a contemporary subjective sensing ...   




Words about his works from his mouth sound as a prolonged dream, which has just started, manifestation of sagacity ... Radhakrishnan wants to continue more and more for the sake of creation only ... Perhaps that's the reason Prof. R. Siva Kumar has rightly explained 'Once Characters are given birth to, they take a life of their own and their creators are no more the absolute arbitrators of their destiny... '.



K S Radhakrishnan has justified the role of nearly all of the small household things, starting from a Fan to a Lamp Post, a Lunch Box to a Clip Board .... all are having a significant role in his life, so 'Candle Light', 'Ephemera', 'Seeing through the Lens', 'On Wings of Breeze', 'Passenger on the Shoulder', 'Throw back output-tu', 'Unmeasured Quantum' have taken birth concurrently.
THE SONG OF small THINGS are really exceptional both physically and spiritually in BIG magnitude .... The song really has left lots of music for further thought process of art hungry audience .... 

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The pain of loss, and the pain of everyday life  - the two faces of the migrant's human condition - are not suppressed but transformed by hope into the graceful in Man, into an image of beauty on the distant horizon. In these acts memories and dreams, looking back and looking beyond become complementary paths of imagination. - R Siva Kumar
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
K.S. Radhakrishnan is one of the most notable among the new generation of sculptors who has successfully brought about a definitive resurgence in Indian sculpture. Like many of his contemporaries he is a figurative sculptor, but his preference for modeling and bronze casting over new materials sets him apart from the rest of them. Recharging age-old sculptural process with a new sensibility, thus is the singular challenge he brings to modern Indian sculpture. And this makes him a modernist - who approaches his work with discernable ambition and considerable aplomb while steering clear of brinkmanship.
With celebration of sensuality as one of its running themes, his works is at once both intimate and universal in its appeal. A personal commemorative sculpture, with a scale and presence that holds well in natural settings, his work has found permanent home in a number of public collections all over the world.


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