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S. Nandagopal (1946 – 14 April 2017) was an Indian sculptor and painter, known for his sculptures in metal. He was one of the last members of the Madras Art Movement which pioneered modernism in art in south India and the son of K. C. S. Paniker, the founder of the movement as well as the Cholamandal Artists' Village.
Sep 21, 2017 · Phyllis Granoff, a Harvard Indic religious studies professor and an art critic, identified early in Nandagopal's sculptures a dialogue with India's ancient religious imagination by an artist with contemporary and modern sensibilities.
Born in Bangalore to the illustrious K. C. S. Paniker, the father of the Madras Art Movement and the visionary behind Cholamandal Artists’ Village, S. Nandagopal’s tryst with art, unsurprisingly, began early on. Just like his father, Nandagopal’s work was a synthesis of tradition and modernity.
This module comprehensively presents the works of the contemporary and modern sculptor S. Nandagopal. Considered to be a modern master of frontal narrative sculpture, S.Nandagopal (1946–2017) innovated the medium and expanded its artistic and expressive capabilities.
Art Alive Gallery presents a solo exhibition of S. Nandagopal’s sculptures on the occasion of the artist turning 70 this year. The exhibition showcases 21 recent works of metal that tell stories of India’s mythology and South India’s cultural tradition in a contemporary form.
S.Nandagopal. 1946 Born in Bengaluru, Karnataka. 1965 Member of Cholamandal Artists’ Village, Chennai. 1966 Graduates with a degree in Physics from Loyola College, Chennai. 1970 National Award, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi. (also in `78).
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S. Nandgopal, born in 1936 was one of the Indian sculptor and artist. He was well known for the modernist art. He studied Bachelor in Physics from the University of Madras in 1960s and later on joined the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai to study Diploma in fine arts in early 1970s.
