Sculptures

Traditional, Modern, Whimsical


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




"Appiko", height: 41",
by S. Sham Sunder

S. Sham Sunder
"Appiko" is a contemporary sculpture crafted from a single block of wood. It portrays mankind's anguish over the destruction of nature.

His painting, Concrete Jungle, was featured in our 1996 calendar. As a painter and sculptor, Sham Sunder has been critically acclaimed for the haunting intensity found in his work. He studied painting at Bangalore's Ken School of Art, and print-making at Shantiniketan.

His paintings form part of the Kansas University Collections, the Central Lalit Kala Akademi and National Gallery of Modern Art collections in Delhi as well as private collections in India and abroad.

He has had several one-man and group shows of his work in Bangalore, Bhopal, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi and Hyderabad.

He has participated in the Festival of India, U .S.A.; Contemporary Indian Prints and the Asian-European Art Biennale in Turkey.

He has won awards at the Karnataka Lalit Kala Akademi and all-India print and graphic exhibitions.

Sham Sunder teaches Fine Arts at the University of Hyderabad.