Bengaluru: Prof Babu Jattakar, former Principal of the College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishat recently held a one-man show at the University College of Visual Arts (Fine Arts) in Davanagere, apart from conducting a two-day workshop and lecture cum live demonstration.
A one-man show of four artists: Interestingly, along with Prof Babu Jattakar, three other artists Prof Shashidhar M Lohar, former faculty member of the JSS-Halabhavi School of Art Dharwad, Prof Shivanand K Pattar, faculty of the Government Fine Arts College Dharwad, and Prof Bheemarao K Badiger of Yogesh Chitrakala Maha Vidyalaya, Bidar also held one-man shows, workshops, lecture cum live demonstrations as well.
Giving back to the alma mater: Prof Babu Jattakar, an alumnus of the University College of Visual Arts (Fine Arts) takes pride in reconnecting with the parent institution on the eve of its Diamond Jubilee. As a mark of tribute and contribution from his side Prof Babu Jattakar, brought in the remaining three artists along with their artworks to showcase in the four-day event.
Miniature form paintings: Dr Jayaraj M Chikpatil, Principal of the University College of Visual Arts (Fine Arts), Davanagere opines-"Prof Babu Jattakar's artworks are full of slender and simple lines with a miniature size. However, they offer clarity and a visual treat from a combination and perspective angle.
Now a Prof Babu Jattakar's style! Dr Satishkumar P. Vallepure, Assistant Professor of the University College of Visual Arts (Fine Arts), Davanagere asserts-"Prof Babu Jattakar's miniature paintings are beautiful and attractive. The locations around us like the trees, leaves and historic ruins live in his works while the shade and light become indelible. By dealing with so and over a period of three decades he has mastered the form without being influenced by any other miniature artist to such an extent that he has evolved a style of his own. From my perspective, Prof Babu Jattakar has developed a distinct style of miniature painting.
Appealing despite being in miniature form: Prof Shivanand K Pattar, an eminent artist of his own right and Professor at the Government Fine Arts College in Dharwad appreciates the miniature artworks of Prof Babu Jattakar-" The variety of landscape drawings with the help of pen and ink are scintillating! His picturization of the surroundings, man-built buildings, archaeological dilapidated structures and the adjoining premises are just but stunning. The intrinsic way he deals with the subjects with simple but delicate lines is a visual treat and a speciality of his own...
...Usage of acrylic sepia: Perhaps the choice of a higher-grade quality of handmade paper also goes hand in hand with enriching the effect of the composition artistically. You can find landscapes and acrylic sepia, a shade of brown colour used in acrylic paints which is similar to the traditional sepia colour derived from the ink of cuttlefish; essentially, it's a deep, rich brown acrylic paint with a slightly reddish undertone", feels Prof Shivanand K Pattar...
...Cityscapes of the concrete era: He also exclaims-" Along with most of the miniature paintings, Prof Babu Jattakar has also presented many varied sized big works as well. He has drawn the shells of the sea, and different types of articles in a wonderful manner thus depicting the cityscapes of the concrete era".
No place without friends: Prof Bheemarao K Badiger of the Yogesh Chitrakala Maha Vidyalaya Bidar showers full of praises on the personality of Prof Babu Jattakar-"Prof Babu Jattakar is a native of Jamakhandi in the present day Bagalkot district and had his formal art education from the University College of Visual Arts (Fine Arts) at Davanagare and the College of Fine Arts at the Chitra Kala Parishat in Bengaluru. He has worked as a Lecturer and Professor of Applied Art at the College of Fine Arts (CKP), HoD of the same Department and has recently retired after also serving as a Principal of the College. He has artist friends not just in the state but all over the country. Perhaps there is no place where he has no friends!"
No discrimination among the artists: "Another worth mentioning characteristic of Prof Babu Jattakar is his generosity in mingling with people. He never discriminates against the typical practice of others like big artists and small artists and jells with everyone to get their things done. He is the first person to come to the rescue of others", reminds Prof Bheemarao K Badiger.
Beautiful paintings: He also described Prof Babu Jattakar's exhibits as beautiful paintings. "One should learn from him how to showcase the artworks; that's the perfection and discipline he adheres to. Apart from the exhibition he also conducted a two-day workshop, mixed up with the students like one of them forgetting himself an artist of great stature", appreciated Prof Bheemarao K Badiger.
A pleasure and privilege to be near and dear ones: "Not only that, he also gave a live demonstration of his pen and ink drawing work. Although of a small size, he excelled in aesthetically doing the same. He just did not keep on working but explained in detail the work in stages and at the end also placed it in a frame at his own cost. This shows his commitment to discipline and professionalism. I consider it my pleasure and privilege to be one of his near and dear ones", signed off Prof Bheemarao K Badiger.
From Ken School of Art days: "I happen to know Prof Babu Jattakar from 1989 when I was studying for a Diploma in Drawing and Painting at the Ken School of Art in Bengaluru. He has a big network of Art Schools and Artists which has helped him rope in artists from across the country for the annual Chitra Santhe shows of the Karnataka Chitra Kala Parishat', feels Prof Shahidhar M Lohar, retired Professor of the JSS-Halabhavi School of Art, Dharwad.
Specialization in pen and ink drawing: He also describes-"I have been observing his artworks from my student days and feel that pen and ink drawing is his area of specialization. Historical monuments in the forefront accompanied by nature in the background are generally his concept through which he mesmerizes the onlookers".
Blended in the thin air of atmosphere: Rameshchandra, veteran art critic says-"Babu Jattakar makes an effort to revisit the 'landscapes' almost forgotten and erased by the mechanisms of urbanized life-force. The artist here consciously avoids his landscapes being 'romanticized'. Rather he makes them stand as looks simple and natural they evoke, a light sense of liberated from bearing the burden of mundane and routine. They remind us of the solitariness of natural life. They ring the smell and the sound almost blends into the thin air of the atmosphere. They make one micro-sensitive to the experience of viewing a landscape on paper in miniature size, through delicate fragments of lines shaping into a tree or mound, or grass or ground. They look poetic of ignored reality".
-Manohar Yadavatti
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