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Laxman Aelay
One of the most happening names in Art
Circles in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, November' 2002: Before Laxman Aelay chose to become a professional artist, he was a
signboard painter and then a much sought after and respected designer
and illustrator of books. His work was highly thought of within Telugu
literary circles, but soon the painter in him compelled Aelay to enroll
in college for a degree in Fine Arts, even though he had already
received a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Laxman Aelay was born in the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh in
1964. He received his BA in Painting from the Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University College of Fine Arts in Hyderabad, and took up
full time freelance painting straight after that. Laxman's paintings are
nostalgic, depicting the rural people he grew up amongst. His source of
inspiration has been the live of these poverty stricken people from his
village - Kadirenigudem.
Recently, Aelay switched over from using white, black and shades of
gray, which he preferred in his paintings, to using vivid colours to
depict flowers, jewellery and traditional clothing. His earlier
preference to paint on large sized canvases and papers has also been
abandoned, and his latest works are much smaller and compact. Aelay has
received international recognition as well as several awards and gold
medals for his works. These include an award from the Hyderabad Art
Society in 1995.
This young and talented artist held his first solo show at the Indian
Council of Cultural Relations Art Gallery in Hyderabad in1999. Laxman
has participated in several important exhibitions of paintings including
'Contemporary Deccan - A New Generation of Artists,' held in Hyderabad
in 1999 and the 7th Group show at the Surya Art Gallery, Hyderabad in
2000. He has also represented the country in an international exposition
organised by TAANA in Chicago, USA in 1995.
He created ripples with his poster designs for
Ramgopal Verma's films like 'Rangeela', 'Daud', and 'Satya'. He has
also showed his class as an art director in the film 'Inscrutable
Americans".
Laxman Aelay is presently working as freelance artist, based in
Hyderabad.
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MK
-November 2002
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