Sculptures

Traditional, Modern, Whimsical


M. Rama Murthy | N.G. Neelakantachar | Parameshwarachar
Sham Sunder | Bhaskar Rao | Venkatachalapathi




"Vishnu Dwarapalaka", height: 35",
by M. Rama Murthy

M. Rama Murthy
"Vishnu Dwarapalaka" is a sculpture in the traditional style carved from a single block of Mysore teak.

He is a descendant of the famous Vishwakarma family. He studied wood carving and apprenticed under Sri V. Madhavachary—his father. He completed a six-month advanced training at the Regional Design and Technical Development Centre at Bangalore, and joined the organisation in 1980.

He has travelled in South India, studying temples, conducting demonstrations, exhibitions, seminars, camps and workshops. His twenty years of experience have seen him execute a 20 x 9 ft mural of the Mahabharata, a 6 ft idol of Lakshmi, all the woodwork at the Hindu Union's Temple Complex at Kenya, to mention a few.

His work features in private art collections in India and abroad.
He is the recipient of the Vishwakarma Award, (1990) and the Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi Award (1986). He has been honoured by the Crafts Council of Karnataka, the Rotary Club and several other private organisations.

Rama Murthy currently sculpts in terracotta and wood, and his interests veer towards Chola sculpture.