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Chandra Morkonda

b. 1989, Srikalahasti, Andhra Pradesh

Chandra Morkonda, The golden tree and the white bull: a tall painting of a great tree with blue-and-gold leaves rising from a golden trunk and tangled roots, with a white lotus bank at the left, a white bull at the right and a crescent moon on a vermilion ground.Chandra Morkonda, Four elephants and the green tree: a landscape-format painting of a great green tree with a gold trunk, four outlined elephants on a golden ground, a pink lotus and a second tree in pink and orange.

Chandra Morkonda was born in 1989 in the temple town of Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting at JNTU Hyderabad in 2011 and a Master of Fine Arts in graphics at Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, in 2014.

He paints in acrylic on canvas. Platform profiles say he grew up surrounded by the patterns and textures of sarees, and that he is drawn to trees and the deities associated with them. Solo shows listed include Kalpavruksha at Forum Art Gallery, Chennai, in 2016, and a Vahana series in 2018. He has also exhibited in several Indian cities and in Taipei in 2019.

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Who is Chandra Morkonda?

Chandra Morkonda was born in 1989 in the temple town of Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting at JNTU Hyderabad in 2011 and a Master of Fine Arts in graphics at Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, in 2014. He paints in acrylic on canvas. Platform profiles say he grew up surrounded by the patterns and textures of sarees, and that he is drawn to trees and the deities associated with them. Solo shows listed include Kalpavruksha at Forum Art Gallery, Chennai, in 2016, and a Vahana series in 2018. He has also exhibited in several Indian cities and in Taipei in 2019.

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Thota Vaikuntam, Telangana lady, 2004: a seated woman with an olive-green face, red bindi, stacked gold bangles and a black sari dotted with white, on a cream ground.

Figures & portraits

Telangana lady

Thota Vaikuntam. A woman of Telangana sits close to the front of the picture, drawn in flat, confident shapes.

A square Kalamkari style painting: a teal green face in profile with a white tilak; inside it Shri Krishna Ji plays the flute among cows, with devotees at upper left, a white paisley panel and a brown feather panel at the right.

Devotional & narrative

Krishna in profile, turquoise and gold

Ramesh Gorjala. A teal green face in profile, the eye lit with gold, rises beside a white paisley panel and a brown feather panel.

Kiran, The Buddha between flame and cloud: a square painting of a grey Buddha head and shoulders beside a red panel, with a glowing flame at the lower left and dark storm clouds above.

Devotional & narrative

The Buddha between flame and cloud

Kiran. A calm, closed-eyed Buddha, painted in cool greys with a finely modelled head of tight curls, sits at the right in an olive-gold panel.

M. F. Husain, Women dancing before a yellow moon: a framed print of five women with raised arms dancing before a great yellow moon over water, with a boat, two small elephants and a tree hung with cloths.

Figures & portraits

Women dancing before a yellow moon

M. F. Husain. Five women, drawn in loose, flowing black line and washes of grey, dance with raised arms before a great yellow moon on a dark ground.

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