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K. P. Krishnakumar
- December 26, 1989
- 31 years
- suicide
About K. P. Krishnakumar
K. P. Krishnakumar, 31, Indian sculptor and painter, suicide.
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Full Biography
|K. P. Krishnakumar (1958 – 26 December 1989) was an Indian sculptor and painter.
Life
Krishnakumar was born in Kuttippuram, Kerala.[citation needed] He attended Visva-Bharati University.
Krishnakumar helped to lead the Indian Radical Painters' and Sculptors' Association, which ceased to exist following his death.
He committed suicide on 26 December 1989.
Art
Krishnakumar's oeuvre includes a number of figures of young men, which Jhaveri suggests are self-portraits. Wyma argues that his Vasco da Gama (1985) explores themes of colonialism. He was influenced by Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, and director Jean-Luc Godard.
Krishnakumar was exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2013.
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