Adithyaa Sadashiv

After his graduation from Visual Communication, Adithyaa Sadashiv has been working as a full time professional artist. Since the inception of his artistic journey 6 years ago through exposition to Heritage forms, artefacts, objects and monuments of his state of Karnataka, his oeuvre has gone through profound changes over a period of time. While he continues to work and research on a series of paintings on objects of Heritage, his other series on the concept of ‘Shapes and Forms’ are happening parallel to the latter. These series are based on his understanding of how basic Shapes and Forms guide, correspond, behave and correlate with one another and finally arrive at a center point or the Bindu (in Hindi language) through which energy manifests.

In order for him to work on any of the above subjects, the contribution and influence of his father is predominant. He has been learning the dying technique of Traditional Indian Watercolour wash method. Unlike Indian Classical Music, Visual Arts in India lacks the concept of ‘Guru Shishya Parampara’ (teacher-student tradition) and he has been following this tradition with his father since the inception of my journey in Art.

Apart from his father being a driving force for him as a young artist, he follows a very niche circle of thinkers, philosophers and spiritual personalities like J Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi and many others who are very closely related to his work and thus pushes him further in this field. Being a practicing Hindustani classical violinist, music plays an important a dominant role in his works, in fact his upcoming series of paintings are based on the concept of “Sound and Silence”

A Documentary filmmaker and an Editor, Adithyaa has been trained under renowned cinematographer Prof A S Kanal in Pune under Film Direction and Editing. Adithyaa has directed and edited many feature and short length documentaries which has been screened and awarded in many Indian and International film festivals. In 2017, Adithyaa published his first book “A-Z Artists” a compilation of 26 Painters, Sculptors and Muralists around the world according to the alphabetical order whom he personally like and follow.

Adithyaa lives and works in Bengaluru.

“The concepts of Shapes and Forms have been part of my interest for a long time. Since childhood I have been exposed to visual arts through my father, Dr M S Murthy a renowned senior Artist and former chairman of the State Academy of Art. Like any other child, I too have several forms and shapes in my drawings in the form of scribbling, these shapes and forms have gradually evolved resulting in the paintings that I am currently working on for the last 5 years.

Presently I am focusing on how basic shapes react or relate to one another when composed in a defined space. These series are based on my understanding of how basic Shapes and Forms guide, correspond, behave, correlate and react with one another when composed in a defined space and finally arrive at a center point or the Bindu (in Hindi language) through which energy manifests. Though these paintings are related to and seem to be similar to Tantric drawings, they are not entirely based on the logic and philosophy of Indian Tantra but are made purely with an intention and principle of Composition in Visual Arts. The environment that we live and surrounded by are made and developed based on these primary shapes and it is important to understand the personality and character of each of these shapes and forms ie Upward Triangle being Fire or Male Force, Circle being Water or Movement and finally Square being Ground or Earth. While composing in a defined space, these shapes becomes a content to another container or vice versa.

The watercolour medium paintings are created using the technique of traditional Indian wash method, which I have been learning from my father since the last 5 years. The technique involves thin and at times repeated washes of colour and water to achieve the subtle and transparent effect in the paintings. Once prevalent in the Indian Art scene during the early 1900 - 1920s, the Wash Method technique has become a very rare practice presently due to the amount of patience it demands and the subtle or elusive effect it achieves in the work of art. The medium of paper and watercolour has been very close to me than canvas because the intense challenging quality of absorption that the paper possess unlike the canvas.

The inspiration and guidance to my work of art is my father Dr M S Murthy, a senior and renowned Artist. It is through his constant guidance and support that I have achieved the result. Unlike Indian Classical Music, Visual Arts in India lacks the concept of ‘Guru Shishya Paramapara’ (teacher-student tradition) and I have been following this tradition with my father since the inception of my journey in Art.”

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