Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Magunta Dayakar – Artist and Author Magunta Dayakar, born Magunta Venkata Subba Reddy, is a painte...
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Magunta Dayakar – Artist and Author
Magunta Dayakar, born Magunta Venkata Subba Reddy, is a painter, writer, and filmmaker whose lifelong search for truth in art has led him through more than four decades of creative exploration. Author of over fifteen acclaimed books on painting, he is known for his clarity of thought and deep reflections on the artist’s inner journey. His writings move beyond technique to explore the character, emotion, and silence that shape true creativity. Through his series I, Forest Painter and earlier works, he continues to share insights that connect painting with life itself.
My Dual Identity as an Artist
Recently when I was working on my book, ' I, Forest Painter: Insights, perspectives and Finishing Moments ' ( Now, this book is available on Amazon) a visitor came to my place and looked at one of my paintings. She felt that one is pure abstract art, of course she appreciated it and interpreted it as ' some festival like scene'. I surprised for her comment as she was feeling the painting is abstract art.
Why I surprised? Because to me, that is pure realism. I painted it the way we see the nature in first glance. When we see the nature in first glance we won't see anything particularly juse we see i...
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4 Solo Exhibitions in Hyderabad, India
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