Evocation of nature

Artists have been known to change their nature of work well into their careers, often opting for visual imagery that is a political or a social commentary about their lived experiences — Tyeb Mehta and Rameshwar Broota being cases in point. But no one epitomises this more than A Ramachandran, for whom the shift was an epiphany. A Malayali artist who studied in Santiniketan and came to New Delhi to work, Ramachandran found his muse in Rajasthan’s Mewar region amidst lotus ponds and a tribal society whose way of life fascinated him. Ramachandran was reborn. An artist who painted suffering