Author’s Note:
~ All content, including images, on this post is the intellectual property of the author. © 2025 Lirio Marchito. All rights reserved.
~ This blog is part of a series exploring my travels through my hometown, Kollam, a beautiful district in Kerala, India. You can read more posts from this series here: Kollam | Kerala | India.
~ In 2020, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi Kollam, in association with DTPC, conducted ‘Ashtashilpa’, a ten-day sculpture camp at Kollam Asramam grounds. As part of this, ashtashilpa or eight concrete-based sculptures were constructed by Malayali sculptors, based on the eight directions of Ashtamudi Lake. According to Wikipedia, these sculptures and their respective sculptors are:
- Kuravanum Kurathiyum by Guruprasad Ayyappan (Kollam)
- Mother and Child by KV Jyothilal (Kollam)
- Winter Morning by V. Satheesan (Thiruvananthapuram)
- Two Horses by KRT Tinu (Kannur)
- One of Us by Pramod Gopalakrishnan (Thrissur)
- Peache Ki Or by Sanu Ramakrishnan (Vaikkam)
- Imagining Human by Giri Vasudevan (Idukki)
- From The Margin by Schenley (Collam)
~ Do these sculptures remind you of other images or sculptures you’ve seen in your part of the world? I’d love to hear what they bring to your mind.
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