Madhusudhanan
കെ.എം. മധുസൂദനൻ
Madhusudhanan in 2023
Born1956
Alapuzha Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Film director, painter
SpouseAnuradha Madhusudhanan
ChildrenNeelambari Madhusudhanan
ParentManickam & Thankammal
Awards
Websitewww.madhusudhananstudio.com

Madhusudhanan (born 1956 in the coastal district of Alappuzha, Kerala, India) is an Indian film maker and artist, also known as K. M. Madhusudhanan.[1][2] His debut feature film, Bioscope has received many awards. He is working with different media in art, including sculpture, printmaking installation art and film.

Early life and education

K. M. Madhusudhanan was born in 1956 in Alappuzha, a coastal district in Kerala.[3] He studied Painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala, and Print Making at the Faculty of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He Studied Painting at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum, Kerala and Print Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Work

He lives in his home state of Kerala.[3] Madhusudhanan's artistic practice flows seamlessly across media.[4] His fascination with images, especially the advent of the moving image and its place in human history, is reflected in a series of films, paintings, drawings, video art and sculptural installations. The feature film Bioscope (2008 film) (2008) is one of his foremost works. It is based on the journey of the then new art form of cinema during the colonial India.He is deeply concerned with issues of war, colonisation, India's film history and manmade borders. Marxism and Buddhism have been decisive influences on his art. 'The Marx Archive: The Logic of Disappearance' [5] is an ongoing project consisting of drawings, sculptural installations and video. From this series, 90 charcoal drawings were shown at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2014, curated by Jitish Kallat. Selection from the same series and a new series called The Penal Colony' [6] were shown at the Venice Biennale, 2015, curated by Okwui Enwezor. His films have been awarded international and national awards and have been shown extensively in film festivals, art galleries, museums, including Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York

Exhibitions

Museum and institutional shows

Solo

Gandhi between borders by K M Madhusudhanan-2018

Group

Select group shows

Filmography

Awards and recognition

for Bioscope 2008'[24] Osian Cinefan International Film Festival, NETPAC Jury Award for Best Asian Film[25] Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany[26] Best Cinematography Award, SAIFF, New York[27] 5 Kerala State Film Awards[28]

Special Jury Award, National Film Awards[29]

Books and articles

References

  1. ^ a b c "Confessions of a Creative Mind". 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Giving artistic expression to Malabar rebellion". 15 March 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ a b "KM Madhusudhanan - Bio". Vadehra Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  4. ^ Correspondent, Our (20 October 2018). "This exhibtion merges the global wars and cinematic traditions".
  5. ^ a b "See Madhusudhanan's interpretation of the Wagon Tragedy of 1921". Hindustan Times. 30 December 2016.
  6. ^ "KM Madhusudhanan: Shadow Play". 8 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Biennale Arte 2019 - Homepage 2019". La Biennale di Venezia. 1 February 2018.
  8. ^ "The Kochi-Muziris Biennale". 20 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Jansatta (New Delhi edition) Today in Delhi - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art - Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". www.knma.in.
  10. ^ "India Art Fair 2016 : Delhi abuzz with art – Part I". Times of India Blog. 28 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Homepage". India Art Fair.
  12. ^ "'In Touch' presents its fifth edition with galleries from India and Dubai". Architectural Digest India. 15 January 2021.
  13. ^ "London gets a glimpse of South Asian art". Mintlounge. 8 June 2022.
  14. ^ "The Red Palette". 23 December 2016.
  15. ^ "'Lokame Tharavadu': Birthing an art ecosystem in Kerala". 4 September 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
  16. ^ "1X1 at Abu Dhabi Virtual Art Fair 2020". Islamic Arts Magazine.
  17. ^ "Balamaniyamma, Documentary, English, Malayalam, 1997". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  18. ^ "O.V. Vijayan, English, Malayalam, Documentary, 2000". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  19. ^ [Self Portrait, Short Fiction, Hindi, 2001]
  20. ^ "Calendar - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
  21. ^ "Mayabazaar, Documentary, Telugu, English, 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  22. ^ "Razor, Blood and Other Tales, Short Fiction, Silent, 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  23. ^ "NFDC: Cinemas of india". www.nfdcindia.com.
  24. ^ a b c "CINEMA". madhusudhanan.
  25. ^ "10th Osian Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema: The Grand Finale". Dear Cinema. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011.
  26. ^ Special Mention Jury Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Festival, Germany
  27. ^ "SAIFF 2018".
  28. ^ "5 Kerala State Film Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012.
  29. ^ Special Jury Award, National Film Awards
  30. ^ A Turning Point, Interview, Screen India

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