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CHENNAI, INDIA, June 28, 2004: Since his first debut in 1992 with an exhibition featuring Yogi Ramsurath Kumar, Srinivasa Ravikumar has continued producing religious art featuring other yogis, seers and sages. Born in Chennai, India into a Vaishnavite family, Ravikumar recently choose to express the spirit of Kashmiri Saivism as expounded by the great Kashmir Guru, Shaman Lakshmanajoo Raina. In an exhibition of 115 paintings and sketches on display at Lalit Kala Akademi, Ravikumar used lead pencil, ball point pen, crayons and oil to give life to his ideas. Ravikumar says, “My work is paradoxical and enigmatic or Yogic constructionism. I try to unify science and religion, religion and politics, politics and art! Myth and modernity – ancient and contemporary. Fun and toil.” The article says, “The most astounding painting at the exhibition was Sutra No 26 – where he has brought to life the likeness of Lakshmanajoo even though he has never seen him. The mind-blowing texts make one jump out of the skin while the art work calmly guides one. The power of the words has been duly balanced by the stroke of the brush.”

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